Outrage is all the rage again. 2017 has sparked fury from both the left and the right, dissolving U.S. politics into bitter shouting matches and catty airings of grievances. Calmer minds have bemoaned the current state of political discourse, claiming that deteriorating fruitful dialogue and debate is the real problem with America.
Liberals have encountered most of the mockery and scorn following President Donald Trump's electoral win. Bystanders, most of them from the political right, have labeled the ensuing not-my-president protests "delusional." They have described the political-correctness movement on college campuses as an expression of "fragile egos." They have suggested that kneeling during the national anthem to protest police brutality is a vapid form of demonstration. They're all precious little "snowflakes," the argument goes.
