Resitance is by nature reactive; it is not forward-looking.
~ Mark Lilla

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Left identitarians who think of themselves as radical creatures, contesting this and transgressing that, have become like buttoned-up Protestant schoolmarms when it comes to the English language, parsing every conversation for immodest locutions and rapping the knuckles of those who inadvertently use them.
~ Mark Lilla

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Education, social reform, and political action can persuade some. But most people will not feel the sufferings of others unless they feel, even in an abstract way, that ‘it could have been me or someone close to me’.
~ Mark Lilla

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Left identitarians who think of themselves as radical creatures, contesting this and transgressing that, have become like buttoned-up Protestant schoolmarms when it comes to the English language, parsing every conversation for immodest locutions and rapping the knuckles of those who inadvertently use them.
~ Mark Lilla

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At times our more privileged campuses can seem stuck in the world of archaic religion. Only those with an approved identity status are, like shamans, allowed to speak on certain matters.
~ Mark Lilla

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As soon as you cast an issue exclusively in terms of identity you invite your adversary to do the same.
~ Mark Lilla

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People who know what kind of new world they want to create through revolution are trouble enough; those who only know what they want to destroy are a curse.
~ Mark Lilla

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Resitance is by nature reactive; it is not forward-looking.
~ Mark Lilla

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