There’s a new religion in the United States: secular Leftism.
And it demands that you ignore facts. Instead, you just look at the narrative presented and then believe it. This is what the #MeToo movement was about. It didn’t matter if you asked for ancillary facts to support a contention; it didn’t matter if you weren’t even really doubting the contention and just wanted some evidentiary support.
No, you needed to believe all women.
When it comes to DEI, it’s the same sort of schtick. You’re supposed to believe DEI is good for business, that it’s good for everyone, that it has positive externalities.
Intersectionality? Same sort of thing.
These are narratives, and the narratives must be believed. The media loves seizing on particular stories they believe drive the narrative and then ignoring all of the facts of those stories in order to achieve the narrative.
The latest…