posted by leo
on Sat, 03/16/2013 - 18:58
Putting ourselves in the shoes of others is apparently a liberal tendency not shared by rightwingers. Jonathan Chait explains the difference using the conversion of Senator Rob Portman as an example.
By Portman's own account, in other words, he opposed gay marriage until he realized that opposition to gay marriage stands in the way of his own son’s happiness.
Wanting your children to be happy is the most natural human impulse. But our responsibility as political beings — and the special responsibility of those who hold political power — is to consider issues from a societal perspective.
