As happens occasionally, I scroll through the usual suspects to see what strikes my interest and to which I think something else needs to be said. Today was one of those interesting days when all I found was more of the same, more culture war battles over issues beaten to death and more predictions of legal doom that have yet to happen but are carefully worded to put the fear of disaster into the hearts of those with more fear than knowledge.
I didn’t feel like playing today. There was nothing new or interesting, and I prefer not to repeat myself if there is no nuance that raises some variation on a theme. I started to write a post this morning, and after getting about three paragraphs in, realized that it was nothing new, had nowhere to go and offered nothing of even arguable insight.
If you need red meat, Cathy Young has a great post at the Bulwark about cancel culture, and as always, she’s thorough, thoughtful and fair. My take is somewhat different in that I look to define cancel culture, to distinguish what is wrong with it from the ordinary consequences of someone saying something offensive or outrageous and meeting criticism. But I’ve already written this, so as much as the issue persists, there’s no reason for me to write about it again.
There was the NYT op-ed about ridding society of leaf blowers, but I felt pretty bad for the Times that it’s now reduced to publishing op-eds about leaf blowers, which proves they, too, have run out of things to publish and are now in desperation mode.
At WaPo, social warrior Alexandra Petri dedicates her real estate to the “50 Best Halloween songs, which ironically includes The Door’s People Are Strange.
So no new substantive post today. Maybe there will something new and interesting to write about tomorrow, or not. Unlike so many of you, I can’t predict the future so I will just have to wait until tomorrow to find out. Have a great day.
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