The Gadfly Papers Quotes

“the more we focus on our differences, the more we must also pay attention to that which makes us one, lest what we do in the name of diversity lead us only deeper into division.”
― Todd Eklof, The Gadfly Papers: Three Inconvenient Essays by One Pesky Minister

“religion should concentrate on human welfare and agency, not upon “the supernatural and the miraculous.”
― Todd Eklof, The Gadfly Papers: Three Inconvenient Essays by One Pesky Minister

“William Ellery Channing named it, “Unitarianism.”
― Todd Eklof, The Gadfly Papers: Three Inconvenient Essays by One Pesky Minister

“instead of focusing on a collective response to the impacts of this shocking political disaster for liberals or ministering to those still experiencing degrees of anxiety and grief just a few months past the election, the assemblage dwelt almost exclusively on internal accusations of racism and white supremacy resulting from a hiring decision.”
― Todd Eklof, The Gadfly Papers: Three Inconvenient Essays by One Pesky Minister

“Every advance of liberal identity consciousness has marked the retreat of liberal political consciousness.”
― Todd Eklof, The Gadfly Papers: Three Inconvenient Essays by One Pesky Minister

“What made the difference for him is that Trump ran against a candidate who many liberals couldn’t look beyond their own interests or personal disappointment to vote for, especially in the places where doing so would have most counted. Referring to such behavior as, “self-sabotage,”
― Todd Eklof, The Gadfly Papers: Three Inconvenient Essays by One Pesky Minister

“Identity politics, or, “identity liberalism,” as Lilla more broadly calls it, and what I mean by, identitarianism, refer to the promotion of the interests of certain marginalized or oppressed groups without regard for broader issues than their own, or for the greater concerns of the larger political party or society to which such groups belong.”
― Todd Eklof, The Gadfly Papers: Three Inconvenient Essays by One Pesky Minister

“According to a 2017 survey, “58% of college students said it is ‘important to be part of a campus community where I am not exposed to intolerant or offensive ideas.’”[9”
― Todd Eklof, The Gadfly Papers: Three Inconvenient Essays by One Pesky Minister

“Something began changing on many campuses around 2013,” Coddling says, “and the idea that college students should not be exposed to ‘offensive’ ideas is now a majority on campus.”
― Todd Eklof, The Gadfly Papers: Three Inconvenient Essays by One Pesky Minister