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The Cheney ‘Compassion’ Trap

What’s in a Word

Mary Cheney’s straight family members keep talking about ‘compassion’—a word that sounds nice but is typically used by the right to convey pity for the morally diseased.

Peter Beinart

Published Nov. 19 2013 10:52AM EST

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Peter Beinart

Peter Beinart

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