CHICAGO-A problem of our modern age is that there are no adverse consequences for people who believe things at odds with reality: An LGBT activist in Chicago who marches under the “Queers for Palestine” banner never has to answer for what happens to actual queers in Gaza – or reconcile the fact that Israel is the only truly safe space for gay people in the entire Middle East.
Our overly cosseted society buffers us from the world’s harsh realities.
As the cost of delusions – beliefs at odds with observable reality – falls to zero, it’s no surprise that we have more fantastical thinking,…
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