When the “woke” mania swept the country in 2020, I took a step back and reevaluated where I stood and why I stood there. To my surprise, I found that I agreed with conservatives and libertarians on a number of issues. I opposed childhood gender transitions, unlawful and divisive DEI mandates, and the excesses of Critical Race Theory. I argued against biological males competing in women’s sports and being housed in women’s prisons. I did so loudly and publicly, losing many friends along the way.
Today, some of those same attorneys I worked with are advocating for my right to marry my fiancée to be stripped away.
I fell for obvious right-wing propaganda and rationalized the hate with reason and logic. Now the hate machine is coming for me and that’s not fair!
CRT is poorly defined; every time I hear it discussed I just think of the immortal words of Bo Burnham: “The backlash to the backlash to the thing that’s just begun.”
DEI on the other hand is well-defined (if increasingly misused nowadays) and I actually think there are good arguments to disapprove of it. Race really shouldn’t be used as a proxy for diagnosing socioeconomic disadvantage; if a student has experienced adversity, you should use that directly to qualify them for aid or increased preference in admissions.
That Funny Feeling hit me like a pallet of bricks to the face when I first heard it. Couldn’t stop sobbing for an hour. Still makes me tear up after so many relistens.
Yeah, Inside has some of the best music exploring those unique and, especially for the time, topical, themes that I’ve ever heard.
I might go listen to it right now…