Illiberal Values

http://harpers.org/archive/2018/08/illiberal-values/
Publisher:  Harper's Magazine
Year Published:  2018
Resource Type:  Article

Walter Kirn reflects on the Liberalism of his youth and how the principles that attracted him in the 1970's have changed, and are particularly eroded in the era of Trump.

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Coming of age in the Seventies as a Midwesterner, a Mormon, and a resident of a town of about five hundred people, I didn't get to meet a lot of outspoken liberals, but those I did meet made strong impressions on me. I was too young to understand the intricacies of their politics, but I liked how they approached the world. Compared with the dry, judgmental people at church who feared a communist plot against America, worshipped the military and law enforcement, and seemed obsessed with hygiene, health, and thrift, the liberals I knew were a refreshing change of pace: open, adventurous, questioning, and fun.