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I’m not even getting to the “scrutiny” part, what matters is, to them, the arguments are valid. Scrutinizing them is the problem. If you do that, for you, you are addressing the argument, for them, you are addressing the underlying value of the argument. Something like “men are the head of the household” to take an argument from a few decades ago. That’s weak and now that women are actually heads of households and controlling larger markets, it’s not an argument you hear much. But at the time, if you questioned it, you were questioning the very fabric of society. There was not economic argument or human rights argument, either you were on board with an entire suite of moral standards or you weren’t.

There was a little hope with the Clintons, that they could talk Christian values and apply them to helping the poor and marginalized. But, then, well, you know.