… are being exported out of academia, instilled in the minds of students who don’t understand that a theoretical lens becomes a bias when you’re not aware that you’re using it. Twentieth century literary and artistic theory was dominated by three primary movements and their …
“[Saint Augustine] condemned pagans because, unlike the Christians, they attended circuses, theaters, and amphitheaters, and celebrated orgiastic feasts. …the people who become our enemies often are not those who directly threaten us … but those whom someone has an interest in portraying as a true threat even when they aren’t. Rather than a real threat … the difference itself becomes a symbol of what we find threatening.”