"One group wants things as they were. The other is fighting for something better. But there’s a toxic and corrosive tendency to treat dissent (lol) as simply a negative attitude—one of petulance and bad faith, often ascribed to progressives. It’s odd to be at that vantage point—feeling a desire for something more, an investment in what h…
"One group wants things as they were. The other is fighting for something better. But there’s a toxic and corrosive tendency to treat dissent (lol) as simply a negative attitude—one of petulance and bad faith, often ascribed to progressives. It’s odd to be at that vantage point—feeling a desire for something more, an investment in what happens in this country, a dissatisfaction knowing things could be better—and feeling that holding such a position alienates you"
This paragraph sums up the exact feeling I've had trouble articulating to my 'liberal' friend group in my liberal city. Being told a group's righteous anger is making them side against objectives they claim would be nice is infuriating.
"One group wants things as they were. The other is fighting for something better. But there’s a toxic and corrosive tendency to treat dissent (lol) as simply a negative attitude—one of petulance and bad faith, often ascribed to progressives. It’s odd to be at that vantage point—feeling a desire for something more, an investment in what happens in this country, a dissatisfaction knowing things could be better—and feeling that holding such a position alienates you"
This paragraph sums up the exact feeling I've had trouble articulating to my 'liberal' friend group in my liberal city. Being told a group's righteous anger is making them side against objectives they claim would be nice is infuriating.
Excellent piece Caitlin.