Ordinary Banana

the brendan eich situation among others seems evidence of "horrible parody"

certainly does go horribly wrong sometimes; but so does everything

Seems like the Eich case (if there’s nothing new) was a failure of understanding of the principle & function of politics,

rather than a failure of activism per se. (Not totally sure I have a workable distinction here…)

I’m trying to work out a diagnosis of current politics in terms of “atomization,” i.e. abandonment of coherent structures

religious bakers getting sued might be the funnier example

Yes, I think that is a clearer one, in terms of a diagnosis of failure of understanding of principles

drug legalization seems sui generis because few things are that obviously wrong except like the TSA