I'm glad someone is thinking about it and talking about it. I've watched our "enlightened" battle for individual, immutable rights be battered down and usurped by group rights. It's a travesty. Formerly known as tribalism, I now call it groupism ... no longer does the center hold to the rights of each sacred, breathing man and woman. It's about who is entitled and empowered at the moment and their "betterism" winning. The light of the enlightenment is now very dim.
I'm glad someone is thinking about it and talking about it. I've watched our "enlightened" battle for individual, immutable rights be battered down and usurped by group rights. It's a travesty. Formerly known as tribalism, I now call it groupism ... no longer does the center hold to the rights of each sacred, breathing man and woman. It's about who is entitled and empowered at the moment and their "betterism" winning. The light of the enlightenment is now very dim.
Bang on, Peter. Spot on. And also deeply discouraging, even if I believe deeply that our individual lives and behaviors matter immensely.