The Lazy Argument Destroying Our Democracy
Whataboutism, thought-stopping cliches, and the dangers of false equivalencies
When I was a kid, it felt possible to disagree with people on opposite sides of the aisle politically. Even when we were still in middle school and our leanings were no more than products of our upbringings — our parents and their own beliefs — we still struck a degree of civility with one another. It wasn’t every debat…
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