Culture
Why The Left Would Rather Lose Than Talk To Conservatives
It’s obvious to anyone with a functioning brain that the Democratic Party and the broader liberal political coalition have lost grip on political power and cultural currency in recent years.
By Jaimee Marshall12 min read
No matter how obvious that is to the bulk of this country, the left has largely buried its head in the sand, refusing to alter its messaging, to budge on losing battles, and unwilling to treat their political adversaries as people worth talking to—insisting that engaging with them on any level, providing them with a platform, or being in the same room would be a corrupting force against their humanity. Engaging with adversaries on any level, even if explicitly to push back against their ideas in a legitimately consequential way, is framed as betrayal.