![]() ![]() ![]() They are acting, increasingly, like subjects in a totalitarian country. By any measure, we have achieved incredible progress and enjoy extraordinary freedoms. ![]() There is no formal social credit system of the kind that exists right now in China. There are no laws permitting honor killings. All true here as in many other countries being torn apart by the dislocations of the 21st century.īut there is no gulag in America. (Does it even need to be said?) There is bigotry toward blacks and gays and Jews and immigrants there is intense polarization political violence is becoming more regular elected representatives believe conspiracy theories. I know very well that in many other places, the answers would be different, and my life wouldn’t be possible at all.Īmerica is imperfect. I have a few basic litmus tests in my own life: Can I wear a tank top in public? Can I walk down the street holding the hand of my partner, a (beautiful) woman, in many places in America without getting a second glance? Can I wear a Jewish star without fear? I realize the faddish thing to say these days is that we live in the worst, most broken and backward country in the world and maybe in the history of civilization. You can’t cancel me, ‘digital blackface’ flap vs. Whoopi Goldberg speaks out on Snoop Dogg-quoting anchor ![]() ‘Gone with the Wind’ novel to include trigger warning about ‘racist depictions’įederal judges say they won’t hire clerks from ‘intolerant’ Stanford Law School ![]()
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