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Sunday, September 5, 2021

The New Puritans

Social codes are changing, in many ways for the better. But for those whose behavior doesn't adapt fast enough to the new norms, judgment can be swift—and merciless.

...a profound generational shift has transpired. "I think people's tolerance for discomfort—people's tolerance for dissonance, for not hearing exactly what they want to hear—has now gone down to zero," one person told me. "Discomfort used to be a term of praise about pedagogy—I mean, the greatest discomforter of all was Socrates."
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Anne Applebaum 
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Also see The Chair... Good citizens don't turn democracy into mobocracy.









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