Best of Right Opinion

• Rich Lowry: Donald Trump, Man of His Word
• Jonah Goldberg: Concentrated Power Inevitably Leads to Political Backlash
• Mona Charen: Making Sense of Eric Schneiderman
• Erick Erickson: Death by Conformity
• Lewis Waha: Speech, Art, and the Masterpiece Cakeshop

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Opinion in Brief

Mona Charen: “Today, feminists are grappling with the long roster of supposedly ‘enlightened,’ i.e., feminist, men who’ve turned out to be serial abusers or worse. … Why are feminists more despairing about these revelations concerning liberal men than conservative women are about equally ugly stories concerning conservative men? The answer, I’d suggest, is that liberals tend to believe that one’s politics and one’s morality are the same thing. If you hold the correct views about abortion, the minimum wage, women’s equality, gay marriage and guns, it means not just that you agree with me but that you are a good person. A man who champions the #MeToo movement would never hurt a woman, right? There is some mirror imaging on the Right. Some conservative women are stunned to discover that men they thought were adherents of traditional morality turn out to be louts and even rapists. A key conservative insight is that character is a matter of behavior, not professed beliefs. Judge people by their conduct, not their branding. How do you mold decent conduct? Conscientious parents who teach right from wrong and a culture that reinforces those lessons. The feminists helped to weaken some of the mores and institutions that tended to control male lust and abuse. At the time, they thought they were fighting an unjust ‘double standard,’ but the sexual revolution damaged all standards, and we continue to sift through the fallout.”