We liberals spend a lot of time blaming the world’s problems on stupid people. The more thoughtful among us might be so kind as to say the problem is people believing in stupid ideas. Q-Anon. The Big Lie. COVID denial. Whatever it is, we tend to believe everything is simply a matter of education. Wouldn’t …
The…Other. That boogeyman that exists only to blame stuff on or to unload on. Not a scary monster in the closet but the neighbor you can point to in accusation. The “Other” is a convenient tool for blame or to make yourself feel superior or to deflect an argument that isn’t going your way or …
TODAY’S EPISODE: One victory does not win the campaign There is, I think—or at least it’s something that I perceive pretty widely—a problem among us white people who aren’t open oppressors or obvious bigots in terms of stupid optimism and wildly misplaced idealism. We are, so many of us (especially online and in offices …