Flag-Shaming in Response to Terrorism
Reflexive expressions of solidarity signify an internalized Western understanding that life is precious and not cheap.
Jamie Palmer is a senior editor at Quillette.
Reflexive expressions of solidarity signify an internalized Western understanding that life is precious and not cheap.
Notes on an illuminating and dispiriting exchange.
As an aggressive activist strategy, the “pinkwashing” charge is shameless and shrewd. As moral reasoning, it is inane.
Greenwald is never less than proud to acknowledge the considerable time he has spent as a litigator and writer defending the right of neo-Nazis to air their views.
The dismal spectacle of radical queer activists, feminists, and sundry other progressives professing solidarity with Islamists is at once fascinating and enraging.
The tyranny of confirmation bias and the fanaticism of its enforcers are not only a disaster for academics themselves.