This passage is defines the left:
In The Closing of the Liberal Mind, Kim R. Holmes explores how the New Left transformed intolerance into a virtue, largely by abandoning classical liberal virtues such as free speech and replacing Marx’s conception of economic class warfare with identity warfare. The result was something many today would call “wokeism”: A toxic mixture of social justice, intersectionality, and neo-Marxism, all cloaked in compassion for the poor and oppressed.
Democrats turned intolerance into a virtue, and now it’s hurting them in elections
Former Senate candidate Rick Taylor’s aunt inquired about his Thanksgiving plans last week.
“he mentioned she voted for Trump,” Taylor said. “I told her my home is not open to traitors, and I would not go to theirs.”
Taylor’s comment exemplifies a phenomenon statistician Nate Silver discusses in his postelection analysis. Silver, arguably the most influential election modeler in the United States, writes about an “asymmetry” he observed in Republican and Democratic partisans who responded to his models.
“Republicans are generally happy when you agree with them partway or half the time,” says Silver. “Democrats, however … often get angry with you when you only halfway agree with them.”
Silver contends this helps explain why Trump won the election. Whereas Trump and his base were “happy to take on all comers,” even if they had salient political differences, Democrats “will have you cast out as a heretic” for disagreement on any given hot-button matter.
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In The Closing of the Liberal Mind, Kim R. Holmes explores how the New Left transformed intolerance into a virtue, largely by abandoning classical liberal virtues such as free speech and replacing Marx’s conception of economic class warfare with identity warfare. The result was something many today would call “wokeism”: A toxic mixture of social justice, intersectionality, and neo-Marxism, all cloaked in compassion for the poor and oppressed.
Democrats turned intolerance into a virtue, and now it’s hurting them in elections
Former Senate candidate Rick Taylor’s aunt inquired about his Thanksgiving plans last week.
“he mentioned she voted for Trump,” Taylor said. “I told her my home is not open to traitors, and I would not go to theirs.”
Taylor’s comment exemplifies a phenomenon statistician Nate Silver discusses in his postelection analysis. Silver, arguably the most influential election modeler in the United States, writes about an “asymmetry” he observed in Republican and Democratic partisans who responded to his models.
“Republicans are generally happy when you agree with them partway or half the time,” says Silver. “Democrats, however … often get angry with you when you only halfway agree with them.”
Silver contends this helps explain why Trump won the election. Whereas Trump and his base were “happy to take on all comers,” even if they had salient political differences, Democrats “will have you cast out as a heretic” for disagreement on any given hot-button matter.
Democrats turned intolerance into a virtue, and now it's hurting them in elections
Former Senate candidate Rick Taylor’s aunt inquired about his Thanksgiving plans last week. “he mentioned she voted for Trump,” Taylor said. “I told her
www.washingtonexaminer.com
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