"They don't understand that I'm fighting their end, because if anybody does that to them, I'll be there." - margaret atwood, describing her younger critics

generational bulges are a problem, because they tend to pit the energy of youth against the wisdom of age. we get over them. and, they can have positive shifts in social attitudes that can, if institutionalized, be maintained. but, that same institutionalization can have dangerous tendencies, as well, when that energy refuses to yield to that wisdom, where it ought to.

so, margaret actually has an important role to play, here. hopefully, she's able to get through to a few people - not necessarily in changing their minds, but in helping them see broader perspectives, and make more careful deductions in doing so.

jagmeet singh must cut his beard