Tribalism is tearing Britain apart. It cannot go on
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/13/tribalism-is-tearing-britain-apart-it-cannot-go-on/
Tim Stanley:
Take free speech. Lefties who have tried for years to shut down speakers on campus are now defending the right of thousands to shout “From the river to the sea” in the capital. Likewise, right-wingers who have built an entire career on opposing cancel culture suddenly wish to ban a political protest they feel crosses a line. No one really cares about the abstract principle of free speech. They want to control the public sphere …
… a society committed purely to leaving the individual alone cannot unify. Nor can it explain what life is for – and without the narrative of faith, people will either embrace new religions posing as social activism or, worse, they’ll revive creeds that lack the nuance of established traditions.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/13/tribalism-is-tearing-britain-apart-it-cannot-go-on/
Tim Stanley:
Take free speech. Lefties who have tried for years to shut down speakers on campus are now defending the right of thousands to shout “From the river to the sea” in the capital. Likewise, right-wingers who have built an entire career on opposing cancel culture suddenly wish to ban a political protest they feel crosses a line. No one really cares about the abstract principle of free speech. They want to control the public sphere …
… a society committed purely to leaving the individual alone cannot unify. Nor can it explain what life is for – and without the narrative of faith, people will either embrace new religions posing as social activism or, worse, they’ll revive creeds that lack the nuance of established traditions.