DarkSpeedWorks wrote:
Not trying to mislead, just directly paraphrasing the article title.
It seems that students, schools, governments, nations, humans, etc have some very pressing existential problems. Like global warming, the destruction of the natural world, the massive loss of biodiversity, the spread of war and hunger. And so on.
But yet we worry about censoring high school students and squelching professional school teachers. It all seems kinda crazy.
We’d be in serious, serious trouble as a species if we couldn’t deal with both large and small issues at the same time.
If you haven’t noticed there’s a bit of a culture war going on right now. People vehemently disagree on the role of government, on peoples basic human rights, on human biology. This is all playing out in our new â€public square’ of social media, in entertainment spaces, in journalism, in academia, and in politics. I disagree with much of what the right has been doing, but I also disagree with a lot of the progressive aims and oftentimes conservative politicians are doing something I disagree with as a response to progressive activism, which I also disagree with. I think we’re missing a wide middle ground where most people sit and we’re watching things volley back and forth—same thing with abortion rights. Not sure what the remedy is but none of this is good for our country.
Edit to add: it doesn’t help shit when blatantly deceitful and dishonest journalism is the norm, and articles like this spread outright lies. Do you think this helps or hurts in discourse around LGTBQ rights?