Being old enough to remember when the name 'Bork' hadn't been turned into a verb, I gotta agree that we can't expect folks' views to never change over time, even if Bork's didn't.
One of the worst traits of many 15-25yo's is they're convinced their views won't change, which surely has something to do with the more outlandish stuff they're willing to post online. But even older people sometimes make assertions that will prove cringe-worthy later. So I would agree consideration needs to be given before quoting older, controversial material.
WSJ piece was great. Going to throw in 2 personal cents here, I think the [Christian] Classical Ed movement has the seeds of a solution if it will only act upon it. One thing that both Bible waving Founding Fathers and Friedrich Nietzsche could agree on was studying the lives of great ancient heroes (esp. the figures in Plutarch's Lives). One proxy indicator: it's hard to find a manfluencer these days who doesn't pay at least some homage to stoicism. There's a lot of common ground.
Being old enough to remember when the name 'Bork' hadn't been turned into a verb, I gotta agree that we can't expect folks' views to never change over time, even if Bork's didn't.
One of the worst traits of many 15-25yo's is they're convinced their views won't change, which surely has something to do with the more outlandish stuff they're willing to post online. But even older people sometimes make assertions that will prove cringe-worthy later. So I would agree consideration needs to be given before quoting older, controversial material.
Good call on the Jubilee. It takes class to do that, so well done.
WSJ piece was great. Going to throw in 2 personal cents here, I think the [Christian] Classical Ed movement has the seeds of a solution if it will only act upon it. One thing that both Bible waving Founding Fathers and Friedrich Nietzsche could agree on was studying the lives of great ancient heroes (esp. the figures in Plutarch's Lives). One proxy indicator: it's hard to find a manfluencer these days who doesn't pay at least some homage to stoicism. There's a lot of common ground.
It was great to see Aaron's Wall Street Journal article Saturday.