Another great column from the Post’s Ruth Marcus. A couple of key
passages:
“[Her response] reflects an attitude of intolerance and disrespect
toward people of faith. Those who reasonably expect tolerance and respect
should think about — well, they should think about the importance of practicing
what they preach.”
“Most immediately, this dismissive attitude is politically dangerous.
In the short term, Warren’s seeming intolerance toward those whose faith
rejects same-sex marriage could hurt her with African American voters. In the
general election, her comments carried unsettling echoes of Democratic missteps
past: Barack Obama on dispirited working-class voters who “cling to guns or
religion”; Hillary Clinton lumping Trump supporters into a “basket of
deplorables.” Intolerant condescension is rarely a winning political strategy.”
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