My memory is fuzzy on this, but I may have noted here the Left’s tendency to try to politicize everything. Some even demand everything be politicized. This is part of their totalitarian streak.
Yes, yes, there are non-Leftist extremists that can be that way, too. But it is much more frequent from the Left.
This morning, I see an example both annoying and amusing from an alumni group I am in. One alum, who constantly makes political posts from the Left, replied to an admin’s very polite insistence that the alum group was not the place for political posts with the following:
With all due respect to you, there are no spaces that are inappropriate for politics. Doing politics is an ethical demand which must be carried to ALL spaces and the idea that there are or should be spaces in which politics are inappropriate is complicity with fascism.
It is precisely in spaces *like this* where doing politics is most important.
This morning, I see an example both annoying and amusing from an alumni group I am in. One alum, who constantly makes political posts from the Left, replied to an admin’s very polite insistence that the alum group was not the place for political posts with the following:
With all due respect to you, there are no spaces that are inappropriate for politics. Doing politics is an ethical demand which must be carried to ALL spaces and the idea that there are or should be spaces in which politics are inappropriate is complicity with fascism.
It is precisely in spaces *like this* where doing politics is most important.
He followed it up with this:
Spaces where people feel uneasy about politics are the spaces in which doing politics is most important.
We dont have time to play around any more. The fascists are in power and the jet stream is collapsing. Theres no time for polite company. [Punctuation and logic his.]
We dont have time to play around any more. The fascists are in power and the jet stream is collapsing. Theres no time for polite company. [Punctuation and logic his.]
Well there you go. If you want a little space or time apart from politics, you are complicit with fascism.
But it seems to me that it is rather “fascist” and even totalitarian to insist all spaces be politicized. But that’s just me.
And isn’t it funny that many of the same people, who insist you listen to them at all times and in all places, shout down and even assault those that dare disagree with them.
So I suspect I am right that Leftist attempts to politicize all the things come from a totalitarian streak.
By the way, a reminder that this blog is decidedly less political than it used to be. Political posts that are not that relevant to Anglicanism, Christianity, or other recurring subjects on this blog go to my sister blog on history and current events. So if you just can’t get enough of my wisdom on politics, go there.
By the way, a reminder that this blog is decidedly less political than it used to be. Political posts that are not that relevant to Anglicanism, Christianity, or other recurring subjects on this blog go to my sister blog on history and current events. So if you just can’t get enough of my wisdom on politics, go there.
Clearly I do still occasionally post on political subjects on this blog. But I am much more selective about that than I used to be.
You’re welcome . . . or I’m sorry, whichever is appropriate.
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