It’s been about two weeks since a bunch of well-intended liberals and lefties wrote an open letter in Harper’s Magazine, denouncing intolerance on the left.
As if that clarification is any less offensive. Or historically accurate—’cause it’s not at all clear that many slave-owning founding fathers thought there was anything evil about owning slaves.
In the aftermath, there are no apologies, no regrets. Apparently, they’re proud of what they say and would say it again. As far as I can tell, they feel free to say just about anything they want.
Well, the right has its own version of rigidly enforced political correctness.
The right recently convinced the Supreme Court to protect the religious rights of corporations to not cover the cost of contraceptives in their employees’ health-care plans. They even got two liberal justices—Elena Kagan and Stephen Breyer—to sign on to sending the case back to a lower court.
Well, I guess I should say Trump doesn’t limit that right to just his supporters. Though let’s face it—who else but a Trump supporter would want to wave the Confederate flag?
