Marianne Williamson is the Kanye West of the Democratic Party, writes Issac Bailey for CNNOpinion
Issac Bailey is the James K. Batten Professor of Public Policy at Davidson College. He was a 2014 Harvard University Nieman fellow and is the author of"My Brother Moochie: Regaining Dignity in the Midst of Crime, Poverty, and Racism in the American South" . Follow him on Twitter: @ijbailey. The opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author; view more opinion articles on CNN.
A couple of weeks ago, I drank human blood and ate human flesh. It was an expression of my belief in a higher power. No one mocked me for living out my faith the way Christians do, and yet many others have been mocking Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson since Thursday night's debate.
Issac Bailey I wasn't stuck near the summit of Mt. Everest and forced to become a cannibal in a desperate attempt to survive. It was a voluntary act to acknowledge that I was"born again" and freed from my sins. I was in my Christian church in South Carolina during a normal Sunday service taking what we call communion, an exercise in which we drink a juice and eat a wafer that we are told to imagine are the literal blood and body of Jesus Christ.
See 'SNL' cast member's hilarious debate impression 01:23 Sure, some of Williamson's beliefs are problematic, including her history as an anti-vaxxer and her teachings that those who are fighting disease could cure themselves with positive thinking. Williamson is the Kanye West of the Democratic field, a hard to reconcile mix of truth, depth and kookiness that can baffle and lead to as much harm as good. It's no wonder, then, that CNN's S.E.
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