If critics want to acknowledge a plurality of value systems, they shouldn’t ask “Who cares?” They should answer, “I care, and this is why.”
Amen. Criticism has no call to be fair and objective; it needs rather to be original, passionate, and personal.
It is right that the murder of many people be mourned and lamented.
Even the best weapon is an unhappy tool.
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Where to give all your precious fucks.
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