Listen to This Article: World's Dullest Editorial Launches Panic
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In an inane sequel to the Harper's Letter fiasco, a New York Times editorial ignites a fury proving its anodyne thesis.
Text originally published 3/21/2022:
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Listen to This Article: World's Dullest Editorial Launches Panic
The Diversity movement is rooted in the notion that diversity makes us stronger. Okay, but what diversity. They push identity i.e. skin color, ethnicity (if it’s non-white), sexual preferences, etc. Okay again, but how do those things make us stronger? It can’t be that merely mixing up different groups makes the newly formed group stronger. We’ll you get to a point that the way divert makes us stronger is that diverse people have diverse views and the meshing of these views or perspectives makes us stronger. I think this may or may not be true depending on many things. But if it is true, isn’t freedom of speech a critical part of embracing diversity. Isn’t the most important thing the diversity of our ideas?
Too the degree I understand this piece, and I may well not, I am not worried about differing views. I am worried about my increasing dislike of being anywhere near people with differing views. TK is as close as I can get to being reasonable, but I do wonder why I have less tolerance these days.