“Williams’s other objections appear to be mostly aesthetic. Visiting BLM-ravaged Portland, he mourns that “a beloved statue of an elk has been toppled”. This in a town with a “well-deserved reputation” for “exquisite gastronomy”. Quelle horreur.”
@pratinavanil.bsky.socialI read Thomas Chatterton Williams' new BLM memoir for @guardianbooks.bsky.social and wasn't particularly impressed:
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Summer of Our Discontent by Thomas Chatterton Williams review – the liberal who hates leftists
In his caustic critique of identity politics, Williams ends up condemning every kind of collective action