Jonathan Last

Report from a “Catholic Researcher”
May 6th, 2013

This entire thing–from the bio to the headshot to the epigraph to the protest-stunt to the comments–is absolutely priceless. Maybe the purest essay-length distillation of liberal impulse I’ve ever seen.

Update: It’s possible I just carried away. Because here’a another contender: Hey pro-choice friends! Don’t embrace this feminist movie because the director is a known associate of pro-lifers!

Brett May 6, 2013 at 8:44 am

I’m not seeing the link.

Brett May 6, 2013 at 9:12 am

And now I have. Yikes! The first writer seems aghast that a church leader should take exception to his and his friends’ intention to use worship for their own statement rather than for God’s. The second models a desire for ritual purity that rivals any Pharisee.

AKB1 May 6, 2013 at 2:15 pm

My favorite phrase in the Slate article is “ultrasound machines (supplied by American companies)”. Brown people (like me) can do no wrong: even sex-selective abortion in India is America’s fault!

sg May 15, 2013 at 12:19 pm

Indeed. Ultrasound machines are not just used for obstetrics. They are used for all kinds of diagnostic purposes. How would American companies be able to keep them out of the hands of abortionists anyway? That is Slate for you, going on another of its igno rants.

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