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'Why Everyone Hates White Liberals (Including White Liberals)'

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Historian Kevin Schultz says that “how you define a ‘white liberal’ is less a reflection of reality and more a Rorschach test revealing your own anxieties.” Why Everyone Hates White Liberals (Including White Liberals): A History, Schultz’s newest book, is a criticism of modern liberalism, including the conservative project of crafting a caricatured image of a “liberal” and then aggressively attacking it.

(It's hard to predict how full the Helzberg Auditorium will be, but in this instance if you think you might attend, I'd recommend using the link above to reserve your space. It's all free.)

... and then dinner afterwards?

And in this week's Poetry Corner, a couple of satirical songs written and performed in 1966 and many times thereafter by heart-broken political activist Phil Ochs before highly appreciative (and occasionally hypocritical) young liberal audiences.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bcjffahn5tQ

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CjRwMgHvrhQ&pp=ygUbcGhpbCBvY2hzIGNpcmNsZSBvZiBmcmllbmRz

... and a couple of bonus tracks:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6lFPIIdud9o

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozotgk_2x08&pp=ygUWcGhpbCBvY2hzIGNoaWNhZ28gMTk2OA%3D%3D

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