This excerpt has been adapted from John Tillman’s new book, “The Political Vise: How the Radical Left Controls America and the Path to Regaining Our Liberty.”
What are they thinking? How could they be so misguided? Who could possibly believe that nonsense? Those words have come out of my mouth many times while watching the news in recent years. I’m fairly sure you’ve said similar things. No matter where you are on the political spectrum, there will be moments where you find yourself confronted (and confounded) by the reality that other people frequently come to very, very different conclusions about the real meaning of justice, or democracy, or freedom. The means of enforcing the policies that align with those conclusions are also very different. Put simply, conservatives respond to ignorance with efforts to educate. Increasingly, progressives respond to perceived “ignorance” with efforts to eradicate.
