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Well, apparently, yes they are. This guy
Milligan — and he wasn't alone among
his colleagues — felt that "conservative
viewpoints" were "boxed out" by being
forced to identify with disgustingly bleeding-
heart concerns like social justice and
compassion. (I can hear the derision: "You're
telling me you teach at a place that prides
itself on benevolence? What a laughingstock
of a conservative you are.") But wait — didn't
Mitch McConnell campaign for re-election
in 2014 by saying, "We (Republicans) are
the party of compassion"? Didn't George
Bush run for president as a "compassionate
conservative"?
I want to be fair here. Settling legal
matters and touchy-feeliness often don't gel
well — you know, Lady Justice is supposedly
blind to emotional concerns — but you've
got to consider the context for this
proposal and vote. There are no specifcs
in "championing the cause of compassion";
it's as nebulous as fog over the Ohio — just
an agreeable OK to the notion of caring
about people by saying "count us in" to
Mayor Fischer and his harmless do-gooder
partnership. C'mon, you disgruntled law
professors, crack a smile. Nobody's saying
you personally have to love your neighbor.
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