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It is remarkable how much of the poor quality of our current political debate, particularly in the culture war, is due to emotionalism—not the mere fact that these debates stir people's emotions, but the fact that so many people regard it as acceptable and even virtuous to be guided solely by their emotional reactions.

Here's a recent example I came acro…

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