Source: Washington Post
by Peter Mehlman
“Every American must take a side on everything. A dispute so trivial as to have zero impact on your life? Sorry, personal relevance is irrelevant. You feel unqualified to offer an opinion? Weigh in anyway. Sorry, I can’t go for that. No can do. In matters that don’t matter, I’m taking the side of not taking a side. When everyone becomes part of everyone else’s focus group, it’s time to step out. If you find yourself preparing for arguments you’ll never have with people you’ll never meet, whose minds you could never change, it’s muzzle time. My opinions barely matter to me anymore, but in the last month alone, I’ve been asked for opinions on so many issues, I have attention-surplus disorder. Well, there’s a fence in my backyard. I’m sitting on it.” (09/29/25)