Not Just Politically Homeless; Institutionally Homeless, Too
Gaslit by the SPLC
Whenever I talk about my mistrust of the institutions that my fellow liberals and I have historically venerated, I wind up sounding like a conspiracy theorist.
Gender-affirming care is the first issue I’ve ever known this much about—and I learn more every day about just how much I don’t yet know. It’s the first time I’ve learned enough to say with confidence that the Democrats, the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, all major medical associations, and The New York Times are wrong in the way they present and understand it—and thus are misinforming the majority of Americans.
What about the subjects I don’t know much about, like, well, everything else? If all these groups are so wrong about this issue, what else are they wrong about? I’m pretty sure they were wrong about Covid vaccines and school closures. I think they’re wrong about DEI—not the importance of diversity, which I agree with, but the industry that purports to pave the way for it while creating animosity rather than equity. How do I know who to believe, where to get good information, who to put my faith in? I’m no longer just politically homeless; I’m institutionally homeless.
One of those venerated institutions was the Southern Poverty Law Center.