Conversation

“Narratives facilitating the rejection of the evidence of one's eyes and ears remain popular for millions of presently comfortable Americans who prefer comfort to truth. If the world's wealthiest man gave a Nazi salute, that means one will have to think about what it means, and thinking about what it means would mean facing a thing or two about one's country and one's self that aren't so comfortable. Therefore, no matter what the gesture obviously was, it must have been something else—anything else … the most important thing to understand is that the billionaire's gesture wasn't what everyone can see it was.”

https://www.the-reframe.com/the-bishop-and-the-billionaire/