We Are Hurting the Feelings of Moral Cretins and it Must Stop

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I’ve had my fights with Ramesh Ponnuru, but he understands just how Orwellian the arguments in favor of Trump’s family separation policy are. Hell, this tweet could have been written by Atrios:¹

This column explains that calling family separation “cruel” hurts the feelings of people who support it. https://t.co/qKi56ViyQG

— Ramesh Ponnuru (@RameshPonnuru) June 19, 2018