this is the political thinking that brought us the idea we have to move to the right on immigration, trans issues, etc, this assumption that the public is immovable, when taking account of the crimes of empire is a necessary first step in dismantling empire and building something better in its wake

no truth and reconciliation, just empire for ever and ever

There are obviously more nuanced ways to talk about this, many of them, but nuance is the gap into which a crowbar is inevitably inserted, through which compromise with bigots is sought, over and over, until there is nothing left of the truth at all, and no nuance left over, either.

So.