Whatever right is in dispute, those who oppose it are invariably told they are on the wrong side of history – another frequent Obamaism. Such language is open to two criticisms. First, it reinvents the past. For example, Obama himself did not support gay marriage until he was nearly four years into his presidency.1 Hillary Clinton waited until 2013. That was not who they were until recently, in other words. Was the truth not self-evident until then? Before the transgender bathroom issue arose, I doubt that either had spared it a moment’s thought. Second, the moral tone almost always
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