if you turn away every time you feel discomfort, your world will contract and contract and contract until you are incapable of connecting to others or imagining other ways of existing in the world

"Or perhaps they’re not taking something evil and declaring it good. Perhaps they don’t think there’s a difference between good and bad things."

But for mainstream liberals, there *is* a difference and it's purely aesthetic. Which is why cozy wholesomeness appeals so much to them

IDK what that means going fwd but it is a Very Big Deal that people with a lot of wealth and political power suddenly feel a personal stake in this issue

It's VERY important that it translates into *solidarity* rather than the usual crime/policing "keep this unpleasantness contained to Over There"/