I won't even bother with Brooks' screed against identity politics. Which party presently thinks that people's ethnic, religious, or gender identity is the only important thing about us? Not Democrats.

Then there's this, which Brooks thinks is a reason to be a Republican. Because, obviously, our moral fabric is strengthened in innumerable tiny ways when we react to the demonization of our fellow human beings by saying: Hell yeah, I'll vote for that. I mean, seriously?