If you’re interested why the Left not only tolerates obviously insane ideas and movements but actually brings them front and center the ZMan will explain it to you. He quotes Voltaire who said “Whoever can make you accept absurdity can make you commit injustice.” Allowing parents to sexually mutilate their children to prove we believe in transgenderism is the clearest example of this. We have reached the point where utter madness is presented as merciful kindness to the afflicted. 1984 had the scene where the torturer in chief is presented as a priestly, kindly figure inflicting horrific punishment for the heretic’s own good. We are there.
https://www.takimag.com/article/rise-of-the-absurd/
Two of my favorite writers, Zman and T.Dalrymple (really Anthony Daniels, MD), in the same fine article = my lucky day. T.Dalrymple can be followed at:
http://www.skepticaldoctor.com/
Thanks for the link Neil. I have a love/hate relationship with Z. So much of what he says is dead on. But I find the racial focus divisive and unnecessary. Differences of race, sex, intelligence, temperament and other factors are ubiquitous. Laws that can span the gamut of all these differences already exist. All we need is the courage to apply them impartially. People will respect impartiality because it’s the best they can hope for. Equality of outcome is just a communist pipedream. We’ve gone down that rathole with the progressives. But to go down the opposite rat hole and… Read more »