Lance Morrow’s recent article condemning today’s rising Left wing fringe as the “Dawn of the Woke,” comparing them to McCarthyism and the Zombie Apocalypse is terribly ironic, ignorant and tone-deaf. Firstly, to use McCarthy (the radical alt-right Fascist of his time) as his whipping boy of projection onto the fringe of the progressive Left underscores just how absurd the polarities of our divisions have become. Accusing your enemy/adversary of the worst of your own party’s shadow is a clever tactic to demonize them while conflating your worldview with your blindspots. Perhaps a more empathetic, wisened and curious Morrow might inquire what is behind this loud resurgence of social justice, equal rights/voice, and the emergence and empowerment of the disillusioned, disenfranchised and heretofore largely invisible. Perhaps he need look no further than the title of his very own 2001 National Magazine Award essay on the attacks of 9/11, entitled, “The Case for Rage and Retribution.” Let that sink in.
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