The righteousness of history
Democrats claim to embrace pluralism and to tolerate disagreement, but many ultimately believe in an unforgiving and judgmental God, the God of history.
Written by Bo Winegard
Have Democrats embraced pluralism?
In an interview with the Bulwark’s Tim Miller, Jon Favreau, one of Barack Obama’s longtime speechwriters, related that Obama “…has been talking a lot over the last year or so about pluralism.” And that he even “wanted to give a pluralism speech.”
In a similar but folksier vein, Tim Walz, Kamala Harris’s running mate, has repeated the line, “We’ve got a golden rule: Mind your own damn business!” And while this saying might not express the transcendent moral wisdom of Jesus or Kant, it does express the visceral worldview of the average libertarian.
Kamala Harris herself has claimed that her campaign is about choosing freedom over “chaos, fear, and hate” and has prominently featured Beyonce’s song Freedom on the campaign trail and in commercials.
Freedom, pluralism, minding your own damned business! Sounds as though Democrats are sick of moral arrogance and certainty. Sick of scolds and finger waggers. Sick of woke imperialism. Ready to endorse a new more pluralistic vision of society.
