The Hardness of Their Hearts
A curious phenomenon on display at the Dawn Patrol: Dawn publishes an excerpt from her forthcoming book, The Thrill of the Chaste, and the cultural left lashes out with furious scorn. Dawn has links here, here, and here, and responds here.
You really have to slog through some of the comments to fully appreciate the level of hostility. It's especially striking because Dawn's excerpt is very mild and warm in tone. She's only describing her experiences and suggesting that others may learn from them–there's no trace of ranting or condemnation. But to her respondents she's crazy, sinister, or both.
One might write this off as bad conscience, and no doubt that's part of it, but I think there's more. There's a creepy coldness underlying many of these comments that makes one remember that the heart of Dante's hell is not fire but ice. This is surely the hardness of heart that's mentioned so often in the Bible. I would not be the first to observe that sin is forbidden to us not only because it endangers our ultimate salvation but because it damages our life in this world. Dawn's attackers certainly don't leave one with the impression that they enjoy life very much, but rather address it with a perpetual sneer.
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