ludwig don quixote:
Ok. I know people who are hard right wing conservatives. These people give a lot of money to tzedaka. In fact, frum jews are overwhelmingly conservative (usually in proportion to how right wing religious they are), and give far more than the average American to charity.
Do you think they are mean, and are living against the torah’s ideal of caring for the poor and weak?
Isn’t it possible that our political debate involves something more than just meanness? Don’t you recognize that?