The Problem with JD Vance
JD Vance and I actually have a lot in common. We were both born to drug addicted mothers who frankly lived in poverty and we both came from an evangelical background and converted to the Catholic faith by choice… But that’s where the similarities end. We spend a lot of time in this country talking about JD Vance’s strange interpretation of the Catholic faith but I think we’re missing a bigger issue. His interpretation of his own childhood and family is what we should really be talking about. JD Vance treats his past as an obstacle to overcome, and his mother as a cautionary tale. To be fair it’s not hard to do in these types of situations. It’s the easiest conclusion you can come to to rationalize the life you’ve lived. The problem is though that just because it’s easy to come to that conclusion doesn’t mean it’s right. Sure we can sit here and blame the poor for being poor, blame the addict for being an addict, blame our parents for the crap...