The inquisition is here. Today’s zealots are attempting to root out heresy against secular materialism. Stray from their demanded position on tolerance or marriage or pronouns and you will be run out of polite society. Yet all is not lost. Just as a truculent monk in northern Europe insulted his enemies and sparked a revolution, today’s inquisition faces its own real, ruthless and rude opponent—Donald Trump.
David Brooks wrote in the New York Times a startling and disturbing truth about the ability of Leftists to intimidate. He writes, “Progressives are getting better and more aggressive at silencing dissenting behavior.