'Slate' Says Houston DOES NOT Showcase 'America At Its Best'
Everyone should immediately stop saying that Americans setting aside race, creed, and economic differences to help each other survive in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey represent the "best of America," because it offends Slate for not being nuanced enough.
The Left can never let anything just BE. People sacrificing themselves for others can never just BE heroes. Terrorists can never just BE the bad guys. A dedicated husband and wife can never just BE a loving marriage. Everything must always have some social dimension or a darkness dwelling beneath the facade.
Case in point: Katy Waldman's piece at Slate that calls it "Misleading to Say That Houston Showcases 'America at Its Best'."
"The flood, the animals: It all felt so mythic," she writes. "The Washington Times [highlighted] the many Clark Kents and Diana Princes vaulting into action: “Hurricane Harvey Brings Out the Best in America.” There is an adage that “adversity doesn’t build character, it reveals it.”
"But does catastrophe illustrate, or does it transform?" she goes on to ask. "What if America is less a glorious nation of do-gooders awaiting the chance to exercise their altruism than a moral junior varsity team elevated by circumstance?"
Everyone should immediately stop saying that Americans setting aside race, creed, and economic differences to help each other survive in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey represent the "best of America," because it offends Slate for not being nuanced enough.
The Left can never let anything just BE. People sacrificing themselves for others can never just BE heroes. Terrorists can never just BE the bad guys. A dedicated husband and wife can never just BE a loving marriage. Everything must always have some social dimension or a darkness dwelling beneath the facade.
Case in point: Katy Waldman's piece at Slate that calls it "Misleading to Say That Houston Showcases 'America at Its Best'."
"The flood, the animals: It all felt so mythic," she writes. "The Washington Times [highlighted] the many Clark Kents and Diana Princes vaulting into action: “Hurricane Harvey Brings Out the Best in America.” There is an adage that “adversity doesn’t build character, it reveals it.”
"But does catastrophe illustrate, or does it transform?" she goes on to ask. "What if America is less a glorious nation of do-gooders awaiting the chance to exercise their altruism than a moral junior varsity team elevated by circumstance?"
