Neoconservatives used to joke, during the heady days of seemingly-imminent American empire, that “Everyone wants to go to Baghdad. Real men want to go to Tehran.” Richard Dawkins has apparently repurposed that slogan, deciding that Canada is just oh-so-passé; real rational liberals want to flee to New Zealand.
I spent some time traveling around the progressive blogosphere, visiting sites I haven’t been to in many years. From Atrios and Digby down through the also-rans and lesser lights, they seem to have settled on racism, sexism and inveterate stupidity as the culprits behind Trump’s victory. In other words, nothing to learn here, move along, more of the same, please. Four more years of in-group signaling and emotionally incontinent ranting that changes no minds and accomplishes nothing. I can’t say I expected any differently.