Kindle Notes & Highlights
Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices. —Alfred A. Montapert
“It’s about free and open discussion. We can’t have free and open discussion of important ideas if we say that ideas are only valid if made by a person of the appropriate race or sexual identity. And we definitely can’t have a discussion if we start calling opinions we disagree with ‘verbal violence.’ Confusing speech with violence guarantees someone will get hurt—because people will feel it appropriate to respond to something that offends them with actual violence!”
“Now being a liberal is all about identity politics. It’s about focusing on our differences instead of what makes us the same. Being color-blind is considered racist now! It’s all been flipped upside down, and it’s tearing us apart. Just look at us!” He paused to catch his breath. Then continued. “Today’s argument is that if you’re an LGBTQ black woman, your view of American society is automatically more valid than that of a straight white male. That is wrong. Logic and reason matter. Not victimization.”
“Kalugin is creating a multilayered, nonlinear system of strife that is nearly impossible for traditional defense and foreign policy doctrines to analyze and counter.”
