Wesley Yang just pointed out this En Vogue song on X, noting these lyrics:
Free your mind/and the rest will follow/ Be colorblind/ Don’t be so shallow
Hi everyone, I haven't been active in Solid Ground for a while, but I am still alive and kicking! I now work as personal assistant to a mind-bendingly weird and diva-esque artist-lip-syncher-performer named Fiona Blueberry. She is blissfully clueless about politics and seems to be completely unaware of the culture wars. Working with her is a breath of fresh air. If you need a mood lift, I encourage you to watch this video we made together. Happy 4th, everyone! Wishing you fun/love/peace on this holiday. :) www.fionablueberry.com
Our very own @YayRain (after having imbibed some golden nectar), shares with us yet one more problem with CRT....
A tough take on "liberalism" (sorry for scare quotes; the labels mean so many different things, depending on perspective) in Unherd. I'm not familiar with the writer. His basic angle rings true, which is that, finally, "liberalism" itself may be revealed to be more utopian and idealistic than practical or pragmatic (akin to "communism," and the many attempts to use it as a governmental or societal framework). He uses the recent ousting of Assad in Syria and the government that's replaced him as a potential vision of "pragmatic" governance to come.
Long pull-quote:
"Broken, dejected, for the first time self-doubting, America’s liberal establishment has come to accept the extinction of its political order. Had they taken their project — or their right to eternal rule — as seriously as they claimed to, no doubt they would have chosen stronger candidates than Joe Biden and Kamala Harris: that they could not do so itself speaks of a certain exhaustion. Beyond the rhetoric, at least as messianic and ...
