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johnnyFive · 2846 days ago · link · · parent · post: Andrew M. Koppelman: If Liberals Knew Themselves Better, Conservatives Might Like Them Better
I think part of the problem, from a religious standpoint, is that those of us who profess more "leftist" (that word gets blurrier than usual when it comes to theology) social values from a religious starting point tend not to want power. One silver lining, I think, to Trump's victory is that it shows that people are willing to vote for someone who isn't polished and bland, and whose every public statement hasn't been analyzed and focus-grouped to death. Maybe this will allow the kind of rhetoric that the author discusses.