For me it's because there are progressive churches that help those not helped by government, that welcome LGBTQ as members and clergy, that speak out against hatred and injustice and that foster civil discourse. To the original point, the big money in the front row were technocrats not theologians.

Seems ironic. Those books likely express some version of "love your neighbor." You don't like how Christians fail to live up to that, then behave the same. Librarians get to curate their own libraries. Underlying free access to ideas is trust that people should be able to make their own decisions.

I'm trying to ask questions that make people think more foundationally. Is this what we signed up for? Is this what you stand for? Same approach, but now the consequences are more real to people. Also an idea for an app that would structure a constructive dialogue about what made America great.

Great article for explaining why the patterns we saw in the election didn't fit the model we're used to. The angry comments here support the case.