<aside> 🛠 Read a less-difficult version at https://yevaud.substack.com/p/four-quadrants-of-controversy

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If you're confused by the highlighting, check Usage of Color/Register.

a note on racism: somehow, many people have confused the meanings of "anti-racist" and "anti-White". this is how we end up with people suggesting "you can't write about noodles if you're a white person" and earnestly claiming that they aren't the racist ones.

• on induced moral blamelessness

a note on vaccines: there is a lie in your textbooks. some of you have noticed it. please stop.

• the lie, quite simply

a note on afghanistan: of course everything failed. Ashraf Ghani fled in the middle of the night, in what i can only assume was part of a secret negotiated arrangement. the Panic is fading as people get tired of yelling at the airport. now we shall see the measure of the Taliban.

• we examine the history of the road to Kandahar.

No person under the age of nine may publicly identify as "transgender".

I was recently at a political event, where the question was asked "My daughter is in first grade and is transgender. How will you protect her?" I dispute the premise of the question.

• what makes a person transgender, anyhow?
• is being transgender a disability?

Post Script: Why are these all bundled? To demonstrate how the whole is not the sum of the parts. At least regarding the metric of "controversy". I expect there will be destructive interference.

"when you don't know where to begin, try starting at the beginning"