Europe’s Soulless Liberalism
A dour, self-righteous and conformist version has come to define the liberal idea across much of the Continent.
By Sohrab Ahmari
March 23, 2017 3:50 p.m. ET
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A weather report on the France 2 television channel broke broadcasting records last week. Some 5.3 million viewers tuned in to watch Mélanie Ségard, a 21-year-old woman with Down syndrome, take a turn as guest meteorologist on the network. Wearing TV makeup and an irrepressible smile, she forecast clouds and rain for most of the country and lots of sunshine for Marseilles.
Ms. Ségard fulfilled a lifelong dream to show that “I can do a lot of things,” as she put it on Facebook. But for French society, this was a fraught moment. It clashed with a strand of cultural liberalism that treats the existence of people like Ms. Ségard as an affront to reason and good taste.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/europes-soulless-liberalism-1490298649
