{"id":77021,"date":"2021-02-26T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=77021"},"modified":"2021-02-26T06:04:27","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T12:04:27","slug":"but-dont-you-dare-call-big-left-horrifyingly-reductionist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=77021","title":{"rendered":"But Don’t You Dare<\/i> Call Big Left Horrifyingly Reductionist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCENE: Mitch BERG is at a local roastery, picking out some bourgeoi<\/em>s coffee. Avery LIBRELLE walks in. BERG can’t quite react fast enough. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LIBRELLE: Merg!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BERG: <\/em>Oh, f…for crying out loud, it’s been a long time, Avery. What’s…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LIBRELLE: (Interrupting<\/em>) You say Democrats have trouble with critical thinking…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BERG: (picking a medium roast, ordering a half pound ground for french press<\/em>) Yup. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

LIBRELLE: …and that conservatism takes more mental energy…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BERG: …and it absolutely does, for people in modern society…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LIBRELLE: and that the modern left is hopelessly reductionistic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

BERG: You bet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

LIBRELLE: That is so wrong. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

BERG: Nah. Here’s one of the modern left’s intellectual thought leaders at work:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/JesseKellyDC\/status\/1365029422127005698\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

BERG: <\/em>Boiling a complex argument with lots of real world context down into an evil <\/em>cover of a nursery rhyme is…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(BERG looks at LIBRELLE – who is happily clapping along and whispering the words<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(BERG silently pays for his order, leaves<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(And SCENE<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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