El Gato is one of the best, but this post hits the nail on the head re a key, maybe foundational problem - the isolating group-think and closed-mindedness of a now dominate segment of “Liberals”. To me the biggest question is how they got where they are, and can they ever be salvaged.

I am probably best described as an agnostic, but I think the crux of the problem may be the turning away from religion. Aside from the mystical / spiritual aspects of religion; religion spends a lot of time telling / reminding us of how we should live, how we should relate to others, you know, right v wrong. And almost all religions do a pretty good job at this.

So some of us have turned to politics in lieu of religion, and politics is a very poor substitute (it’s obvious). It may be that we need to “submit” as some say to some form of actual religion, to balance our lives, and live naturally. And religions need to try harder to be believed.