I listen to a number of Slate podcasts -- sports, culture, politics, money.... It's good quality general-interest discussion. And, when they get into political docs, it's a good exposure to center-left thinking.
Recently, it struck me that across several different podcasts, I'd hear a lot of references to "evil":
-- Walmart
-- Amazon
-- Uber
-- for-profit colleges
-- the SAE guys from Oklahoma singing racist songs
I'm certainly not defending the SAE racists, and the for-profit colleges seem to have engaged in at least some very bad practices. I can even see the case against the other businesses, even if I don't agree with it.
But here's the thing. I'm about 85% sure all the people saying these things would have been mocking George Bush for using the word "evil" to refer to Iran, Iraq, and North Korea. What does that say?
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