A major part of the self-image of professional-managerial liberals is to imagine that they are value-neutral and ideally suited to arbitrate political conflict—a universal umpire. Most still haven’t realized that the game has changed and they are now the ones being played.
— Nikhil Pal Singh (@nikhil_palsingh) June 25, 2018
It is an ideological standpoint that thinks it is not, one that aligns strongly with, and will choose (especially when pushed): police over politics, civility over contention, norms over rights, security over freedom, order over equality, comfort over justice, right over left.
— Nikhil Pal Singh (@nikhil_palsingh) June 25, 2018
Case in point. pic.twitter.com/xWpuldgdiH
— Nikhil Pal Singh (@nikhil_palsingh) June 25, 2018