“Why has America's fringe left been making common cause with the Taliban, whose views on such matters as women's rights and separation of church and state are appallingly retrograde by anyone's standards? One reason may be that the Taliban seem to have mastered the language of victimhood, sounding like denizens of some college ethnic-studies department.” MayMatterStatesReasonSeemsAmericaPoliticsLeftLanguageCausesChurchViewsCommonStudyRightsCollegeStandardsSeparationDepartmentWomens RightsFringeChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateTalibanVictimhoodRetrograde Author:James Taranto
“The thing we adore about these dog-whistle kerfuffles is that the people who react to the whistle always assume it's intended for somebody else. The whole point of the metaphor is that if you can hear the whistle, you're the dog.” PeopleIfsWholePoliticsDogAssumingMetaphorAdore Author:James Taranto
