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user-inactivated · 2257 days ago · link · · parent · post: In which David Brooks binges on ketamine and decides millennials are frogs
Serious question. Is there a criticism here, other than his somewhat awkward metaphor? I mean, fuck, I'm full of awkward metaphors. He's trying to say something positive here though and I think he has some points. I mean, he's no Desomnd Tutu, but his heart seems to be in the right place on this one.Their lives are examples of the power of love to slice through tribal identity. If you start with the Amphibian approach - that every new and different person you meet is first of all my brother, my sister - then the concept of difference changes. The emotional atmosphere is transformed.