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Miranda Devine: The left’s ‘Dignity Index’ is a weak attempt to disarm Republicans – and disguise their own hate

The latest effort to neuter conservatives and force Republicans to surrender comes from a deceptively titled device called “The Dignity Index.”

The ruse is fronted by Kennedy relative Tim Shriver, who appears on Fox News in the guise of a perfectly reasonable moderate Democrat, the type we all wish still ­existed.

His pitch is for politicians to treat your opponents with respect, lower the temperature of public debate and restore civility to public life.

Who could be against such laudable goals?

But who does the pitch not remind you of?

Donald Trump, of course, with his bare-knuckled, smash-mouth, macho belligerence.

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Trump is the antithesis of the gentle tone Shriver is trying to ­elevate as the core virtue of leadership ahead of the midterms.

But the dignity blather is just a fancy way of damning Trump for mean tweets.

“The way in which we lead is as important as the outcomes we seek,” Shriver told Fox News’ Bret Baier Tuesday.

No, tone is not more important than outcomes.

Who — other than a radical leftist — would say it’s more important for Trump to be polite than to prevail over the thugs in Iran, or close the southern border and deport illegal aliens, or stop taxpayer funding of transgender surgeries for children, or ban boys from girls’ sports, or end the “diversity and equity” cancer that undermined our military, or crack down on Medicaid and Medicare fraud, or punish violent crime, or ditch the climate hoax that sabotaged our economy, or cut taxes and ax waste to boost the economy, or patriotically embrace our flag and founding values.

These outcomes,........

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