Progressivism Has Lost Its Grip on Reality: Jussie Smollett Edition

As I noted from the beginning (though I'm too lazy to find the link) Smollett's story was always transparently, hilariously, outlandishly false. The fact that progressives collectively (but not to a person, of course) thought it was not only plausible, but that it was true, is just more evidence that the faction has lost its grip on reality. 

   And, of course, it's just one instance of just one type of progressive delusion. Fake hate crimes are a whole genre now on the left...and that is just one nutty genre among many. 

   Of course here, as so often in the case of progressivism, we find ourselves asking: to what extent was/is this genuine belief--and to what extent "performative" affirmation of politically correct dogma? As usual, I have to answer: I don't know. There may be no fact of the matter.

   But this is yet another case that prompts the realization: if they can believe this, they can believe anything. The really creepy thing isn't their belief in this one outlandishly, obviously ridiculous tale...it's that this is just one of an enormous number of utterly ridiculous falsehoods for which the contemporary left enthusiastically falls.

   Again, finally: political correctness is the cornerstone of the postmodern-progressive left. And the fundamental, defining characteristic of PC has always been: the subordination of truth (evidence, etc.) to leftist political dogma. The most prominent corollary of PC has always been: organized shrieking to shout down unPC thought and speech--what we now call "cancel culture." There's nothing essentially new about Woketarianism; it's just political correctness, 30 years crazier.