Scarlet Letter

My concern is that the Progressives have figured out how to end all meaningful discussions. Look at the insurrection promoted by members of the Tennessee state legislature. They clearly violated parliamentary rules and fomented a takeover of the house floor while conducting business. But their removal is considered racially based, of course. Criticize violence by a transgender and starts with suppressing rights but ultimately ends up as transphobia. The mayoral race in Chicago was marred in the final week by the black candidate accusing the white candidate of racially based attacks on his policies. It is an argument-ending tactic that changes the subject of discussion from the issue at hand to defending yourself as not being a racist or transphobic. It’s a scarlet letter that causes the conservative to immediately recoil and go on the defensive. It’s childish, anti-intellectual identity politics that works.