Those on the left still looking for an explanation for Donald Trump’s presidential election victory might want to take an honest look at the assault on normalcy they have waged over the past few years. According to some of our cultural mandarins, objecting to graphic material in grade-school libraries and the presence of men in women’s sports, embracing displays of patriotic vexillology, and enjoying The Lord of the Rings are all signs of far-right extremism.
When a descriptor gets stretched beyond all recognition, to encompass the commonplace and commonsense, we shouldn’t be surprised when people defiantly reject it — or reluctantly warm to it, accepting their status as an “extremist” under such ludicrous definitions (as I myself would be).
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