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Amy Coney Barrett’s “civic grace” is an antidote to the culture of contempt…

Amy Coney Barrett’s “civic grace” is an antidote to the culture of contempt…

NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE ‘D ude, I want you to punch Donald Trump in the face.” During Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearings, Democratic senator Cory Booker of New Jersey quoted a man who approached him at a town hall. “Dude, that’s a felony,” is how Senator Booker described his response. Good for him, fighting against our crazed political culture of anger, contempt, and even violence. I don’t agree with Cory Booker on a lot of things, but I agree, as he went on to say, that we need “a revival of civic grace.” He said: “Somewhere along the line, there’s going to be a moment.

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