Yeah, Douthat never succeeds in forcing her to square that circle. He’s clearly “outmatched” because it’s a friendly interview and it’s designed to make Stuckey surface-level palatable to his audience of Christians with a still-barely-functional moral compass so the obvious follow-ups never happen. It’s proof the Gish Gallop is still alive and well in conservative Christian circles.
previous title was “toxic empathy pulling christians to the left”
Yeah, Douthat never succeeds in forcing her to square that circle. He’s clearly “outmatched” because it’s a friendly interview and it’s designed to make Stuckey surface-level palatable to his audience of Christians with a still-barely-functional moral compass so the obvious follow-ups never happen. It’s proof the Gish Gallop is still alive and well in conservative Christian circles.