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Or at least, its modern manifestation. \u00a0Jonah Goldberg says it better than I ever will<\/a>. \u00a0Liberalism came to power with the promise of \u2018live and let live.\u2019 \u00a0Thought it should have been apparent, even decades ago, that grand ethic was lived out more in the breach than in the keeping. \u00a0At the same time we were told live and let live, radical progressive groups were seeking to impose their indisputable and unwavering moral supremacy on society, if not the world. \u00a0How did we miss the obvious? \u00a0I don\u2019t know. \u00a0But Mr. Goldberg, as usual, does an excellent job pointing out what should have always been known.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"