Good morning. It’s noisy world out there. And to get attention we’ve had to get more and more shrill in our discourse. Lee Siegel argues in the Times that we’ve lost our sense of proportion, and points to the moral rigor of James Baldwin as a way of checking our clarity: “In the process of abandoning the type of complex moral clarity that Baldwin practiced, we have made behavior that is unacceptable the equivalent of behavior that is criminal. An equal amount of fury is directed toward actions as morally — and legally — distinct from each other as rape, harassment, rudeness, boorishness and incivility.” Worth the read. Have a great weekend.
Article source here:Arts Journal
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