archive.today • Opinion | The Age of Spectacle Is Upon Us - The New York Times
If I walked onto the field at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles and stomped on a Dodger’s uniform on home plate, I hope that the Dodgers and their fans would be upset. This is the jersey that Jackie Robinson wore, along with Dodgers legends like Sandy Koufax, Orel Hershiser, Tommy Lasorda and Roy Campanella. You don’t dishonor other people’s uniforms. In a pluralistic society, decent people don’t dishonor what others find sacred.
If Brooks was a NYT columnist post the Civil War - he'd say the country must move very, very slowly to integrate blacks into the new reality. The same is true when women were getting the vote, Jackie Robinson was breaking the color barrier, MLK Jr. etc.
It's always the same fucking song.