building a fence

Christian Piatt 7-17-2014
A squash caught in a fence. Image courtesy Mr. Green/shutterstock.com.

A squash caught in a fence. Image courtesy Mr. Green/shutterstock.com.

The modern era is marked by a tendency to worship such fences, such rules, institutions, doctrines and traditions, simply because they already exist. And oftentimes, the very things we are preserving are products of those with privilege and power—so in sustaining, or even not actively challenging, such systems, we’re actually contributing to the holding-back of those with less of a voice.

As a liberal, a progressive that stands to the left of President Obama, I do not expect to hear much in a Republican presidential debate with which I will agree.