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Never have I seen a post go from page 2 to page 7 so quickly. Particularly one so insightful. Edit: But maybe it'll get back to where it belongs, so I'll add t
by 8bitsrule 6y ago
Never have I seen a post go from page 2 to page 7 so quickly. Particularly one so insightful.
Edit: But maybe it'll get back to where it belongs, so I'll add this. Davis' insights only go skin deep. I've been around long enough to see a slow but steady movement in the US toward more positive values and appreciation and respect for individual differences. While our leadership has become more addled and directionless, real and affirming values have been on the rise, displacing those created by institutions.
I could spend an hour disputing much of what Davis says, but I just hope this page isn't buried even further. We really need to have this discussion.
- spanhandler 6y agoThis kind of column's a venerable cliché in left-leaning political writing in the US. Very good instances of it are still valuable, but this isn't really one of those and doesn't add much that anyone who pays attention to political writing hasn't already seen many times over. Better-argued and better-framed versions of the more historical and contextual bits of this are essentially the air that much of the left breathes. I've (repeatedly) seen forum posts cover the recent-events portions of this better, over the last few months, let alone professional writing. (for the record, I'm writing this from a pretty damn "left" perspective, having read just... so many of these sorts of columns, or whole books, over the years. This ain't a notable or particularly good one.)