Nowadays (if there's ever been a time in history) it's not easy to voice opinions that diverge from the crowd. With stuff like Instagram it's the norm that peo

Nowadays (if there's ever been a time in history) it's not easy to voice opinions that diverge from the crowd. With stuff like Instagram it's the norm that people mime meaningless things, just mindlessly repeating unexamined ideas (blackout is a great example). It's gobsmacking to me when I see how many educated (liberal arts educated friends, no less) people passing around these conversation guide infographics...as though they can't express original ideas, hold a conversation, etc. It's critical that people are brave enough to recognize the obvious illiberal attitudes circulating and criticize them for the nonsense they are.