Conservatives who ordinarily claim to reject emotionalism in politics (facts not feelings, etc.) were profoundly moved by Kavanaugh’s unprecedented emotional display. Maybe everyone is susceptible to emotional appeals, even if there’s political utility in pretending otherwise.
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Please illustrate. Most lefty emotional appeals I can think of are for things like global warming which even if you accept their entire story, the cure is way worse than the disease. It is always some prudential judgement that the left tries to steamroll with weepies.
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