I agree the NYT has really gone off the rails this last year. They're struggling to maintain the emotional excitement of the Trump times. Race and gender are their go to triggers. Nuance and subtlety don't ratchet up the adrenaline. However, we need mainstream news, even the emotional NYT, which I hope returns to real, high quality …
I agree the NYT has really gone off the rails this last year. They're struggling to maintain the emotional excitement of the Trump times. Race and gender are their go to triggers. Nuance and subtlety don't ratchet up the adrenaline. However, we need mainstream news, even the emotional NYT, which I hope returns to real, high quality journalism soon.
This incident has been a good example of the erosion of civil discourse. She needed to get her dog on the leash and apologize for not following the rules. He needed to recognize her fear of him and try to ally those fears rather than exacerbate them. The real story is that this breach of good manners didn't happen and exploded into a national incident.
A big part of the danger to modern society today is that so many left-leaning types are deluding themselves into believing that their camp only went off the rails recently. This causes them to deny the true nature of the problem and to propose ineffective solutions.
Yes, there have always been some excessively dogmatic, intolerant folks on the left, however, I think we're seeing totally new levels of intolerance and an eagerness to attack and punish. I feel as if it's now a matter of honor amongst the true believers on both ends of the spectrum, to allow no compromise, consensus or even an attempt to productively communicate with the "enemy". The enemy is anyone who has a slightly different view from your own, unless it is more radical in your chosen direction.
The NYT's has been "off the rails" for a long, long time. It's been a mouthpiece for the preferred 'reality' of the Liberal intelligentsia for decades and decades. Nothing matters or even exists unless they say it does and then, only how they say it does. Step outside of those parameters and you no longer matter or exist. It's like an alien, ancestral mother of cancel culture.
Race is the trigger. Gender identity, not actual sexual gender. A guy in a dress with a grudge is more "woman" than an actual woman threatened with male violence.
I agree the NYT has really gone off the rails this last year. They're struggling to maintain the emotional excitement of the Trump times. Race and gender are their go to triggers. Nuance and subtlety don't ratchet up the adrenaline. However, we need mainstream news, even the emotional NYT, which I hope returns to real, high quality journalism soon.
This incident has been a good example of the erosion of civil discourse. She needed to get her dog on the leash and apologize for not following the rules. He needed to recognize her fear of him and try to ally those fears rather than exacerbate them. The real story is that this breach of good manners didn't happen and exploded into a national incident.
A big part of the danger to modern society today is that so many left-leaning types are deluding themselves into believing that their camp only went off the rails recently. This causes them to deny the true nature of the problem and to propose ineffective solutions.
Yes, there have always been some excessively dogmatic, intolerant folks on the left, however, I think we're seeing totally new levels of intolerance and an eagerness to attack and punish. I feel as if it's now a matter of honor amongst the true believers on both ends of the spectrum, to allow no compromise, consensus or even an attempt to productively communicate with the "enemy". The enemy is anyone who has a slightly different view from your own, unless it is more radical in your chosen direction.
The NYT's has been "off the rails" for a long, long time. It's been a mouthpiece for the preferred 'reality' of the Liberal intelligentsia for decades and decades. Nothing matters or even exists unless they say it does and then, only how they say it does. Step outside of those parameters and you no longer matter or exist. It's like an alien, ancestral mother of cancel culture.
Race is the trigger. Gender identity, not actual sexual gender. A guy in a dress with a grudge is more "woman" than an actual woman threatened with male violence.