Defending their daughters, mothers and sisters does not mean abandoning their sons, fathers and brothers. Belief does not trump evidence and justice. Accusations as a final arbiter are just sexual McCarthyism.
Read MoreA charge with no corroboration should never have made it to the floor. It should have been addressed and dismissed in committee. Feinstein’s delay and politically timed release was reprehensible, and she should be censured for it. Regardless of what happens with Kavanaugh there should be a full Senate investigation into the tactics deployed by the Democrats on the committee.
Read MoreThese institutions were under full frontal assault in the Kavanaugh hearing. In desperation to preserve their most cherished right they dropped all pretenses of loyalty to the institutions that protect all of our rights. They are willing to sacrifice due process and the presumption of innocence to even the smallest threat to Roe v Wade.
Read MoreThe Kavanaugh hearing weaponized the movement. Instead of handling the 36-year-old allegation in private in a timely manner it was manipulated to achieve maximum political advantage; blocking a critical appointment at all cost and providing an opportunity for massive fundraising. In the course of this strategy the most fundamental differences in the two parties took clear form, amplified by the passions of the #MeToo movement.
Read MoreThe cause, which is usually a permanently revolutionary one, always matters more than any individual’s possible innocence. You are, in fact, always guilty before being proven innocent. You always have to prove a negative. And no offense at any point in your life is ever forgotten or off the table.”
Read More“First the #MeToo movement, which mostly has been a force for good, is entering its moral-panic phase. “
Read MoreIf there was ever a case to be made that politics has replaced religion as the preferred faith of the left it is the use of the word ‘believe’ in determining legal liability. They believe because they want to believe. They want to believe the opposition is so sinister and evil that no evidence is required.
Read MoreThe 2018 midterms are an important test. Was the humiliating loss of Hillary to Trump only because of her incompetence and corruption or is the party itself out of touch? The House races are the first opportunity to begin recovering from this loss. If the Democrats fail to take the House, it will be a far more devastating defeat than losing to Donald Trump.
Read MoreThese movements gained a power that is too seductive. Like any power that is poorly defined it is subject to abuse as the Senate Democrats have proven. By hijacking the #MeToo movement in their shameless pursuit of political power they have destroyed the movement’s credibility.
Read MoreDonald Trump is the devil, removing any need for rationality, morality or honesty from the resistance movement. The evil of Donald Trump is required to justify the batshit behavior we have witnessed at the Kavanaugh hearing.
Read MoreThe ADL suffers from mission creep. While anti-Semitism is the last acceptable bigotry, the ADL chooses to expand its mission to fighting hate in all its forms. Anti-Semitism is developing much deeper roots in the left. The ADL ignores this in the pursuit of a political agenda that subverts its true mission.
Read MoreAs we have seen with the elimination of the filibuster by Harry Reid, sacrificing the means to the end is a short sighted strategy and creates tools that will be used against you. No matter how noble the ends the means still matter.
Read MoreThe American Catholics did not look to the government to be the center of their religious mission. This made them less likely to look to the government to enforce their religious codes on others. This was not due to a superior loyalty to a foreign papist monarch, but to a local community cohesion. The Catholics felt stronger about the separation of church and state than the Protestant pietists. Their parochial schools relied less on public education and government support.
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