https://archive.ph/Mfjs3

for the last several years, i have noticed more people on the left leaning harder into thought-terminating cliches, usually with a smug, arrogant tone that feels like they are trying to make a flex out of it…

while these thought-terminating cliches have been around for a long time, the people deploying them seem to have gotten a lot more confident and aggressive about it

for example, a few years ago, a person might look at a 10 paragraph article and announce,

“i’m not reading all of that”

as if thats something to be proud of…

but lately, they are saying this for a 10 word sentence!

apparently it seems too overwhelming and exhausting for them to even engage with anything that is longer than a fortune cookie

so, while they seem to have the supply of time and energy and willpower to assert their many claims,

they seem to have run out of time, energy, and willpower to critically examine those claims

ill bet if you send this article to a lib, they will respond with a thought-terminating cliche

“i’m not reading all of that!”

but the thing is, they seem to have made up their minds, and mentally checked out.

they still want to participate in the political process, but they don’t want to hear anything that challenges their beliefs.

so, for those of you who think you will someday wake up the masses, i can tell you that not only will you not be waking anybody up, but that its getting even less likely they will ever wake up