NationalReview | Earlier today The Federalist published a piece by a philosophy
professor and self-proclaimed “superhero against the dark forces of
political correctness” that purports to present the case for Roy Moore.
Unlike many of Moore’s defenders, he’s trying to persuade Alabamians to
vote for Moore even if the claims against him are “mostly true.”
It’s an embarrassing effort. Ordinarily, I wouldn’t waste my time
responding to something so silly, but the author, Tully Borland, claims
to be rebutting one of my pieces about Moore, and he’s making actual
arguments I’m hearing from real life friends. So, today I’m making an
exception.
Borland’s piece rests — as most defenses of Moore do — on minimizing
Moore’s sins, maximizing his importance, and making incredibly stupid
analogies. Indeed, the efforts to minimize Moore’s actions almost reach
“Joseph married a teenager” levels of insanity.
