The lowest and loudest common denominator of anything is always dumb and offensive – in religion it’s devils working you over for eternity with a blowtorch, in a race or a gender it’s something else, but integrity won’t impute the worst example to the whole – that’s bigotry’s job. (re: straw man)

— Asher's Maxim 424

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Asher Black is a former literary and review editor who writes, thinks, reads, listens, and is interested in the interior darkness of the soul.

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