Tim Kreider's Essay When They Re Not Assholes

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In his essay “When They’re Not Assholes,” Tim Kreider eloquently describes the disparities and commonalities among the politically Left and Right.
Kreider exemplifies what it means to be on either side, illustrating how the tension between the groups is much less about policy and due much more to the primal and egotistical nature of humankind.
Kreider goes to excellent lengths to set aside his unapologetically liberal values to concede that his ideologically like-minded peers are just alike conservatives: victims of the human condition.
The most notable quality of the essay is its ability to draw conclusive similarities between such incoherent collectives.
Much like in his essay “How They Tried to Fuck Me Over (But I showed Them!),” Kreider

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