So you think we should hunker down and say ‘defund or nothing’.
I am adhering more and more to the “Just do the right thing” philosophy, also called “Let the political chips fall where they may.”
We agonize these things to death with a million political repercussion scenarios and a million op-ed pieces by columnists earning their pay by twisting it this way and that.
We sometimes end up with the wrong repercussions, and find that the blame somehow ends up falling on us, so better to play it straight.
Second good reason: It’s the right thing, which bears its own ineradicable stamp of honor, besides often turning out right.