Politicians and pundits need to get over the idea that the middle will save us. White supremacist terrorism is going largely unchecked, states are trying to make abortion punishable by prison time, and we are running large-scale baby jails and concentration camps on the border. There’s no such thing as moderates anymore — only those who can tolerate these injustices, and those who can’t.
—Jessica Valenti, in “No Country for Old Moderates”
Published to write.house by Bix Frankonis. Comments and replies by email are welcome.