As politics metastasizes through all parts of American life, it seems as though everything must become subordinate to ideology. The latest casualty is kindness.
Recently, television talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres — a political progressive and noted activist for LGBTQ rights — was captured on video at a Dallas Cowboys football game, yukking it up and obviously having a great time with conservative former president George W. Bush. On social media, all hell predictably broke loose as people — including many high-profile progressives — criticized her for, essentially, consorting with the enemy…