SweetSue92
Diamond Member
To me (and yes, I may be insane, stipulated) it's about the bigger picture, and political/sociological leverage.
When the ends of our political spectrum firmly attach themselves -- meaning, they go all in on an issue, 100%, push it as far as they can, refuse to seriously listen to contrary opinions, attack anyone who offers a discouraging word -- they create a gravity around that issue that makes it easy for the other end to bring in outside examples and make comparisons. They leave themselves WIDE open to it.
So, in this example, we see the American Left advocating for (or at least defending) CLEARLY more and more aggressive and controversial sexual materials and instruction to be delivered to younger and younger American children. So the gravity of that intense debate will draw in comparisons from everywhere. Like this story. So that end can be associated with a story to which it's not necessarily attached.
Full disclosure, my real point here isn't even about the specifics of this particular story or issue. It's about how the two ends of the spectrum seem to go out of their way to feed into the other, making it easier for the other to turn the heat up even higher.
That's your story Mac. It's really not The Story though.