Yesterday’s heresy is today’s truth, and vice versa. From el gato malo at boriquagato.substack.com:
overton windows are kind of like being a kid out swimming at the shore: while you’re out in the water, you don’t really notice it, but then something makes you look up and you realize how far down the beach you have drifted. “wow, where did i leave my towel?”
the change is little by little then all at once. a few individuals push the boundaries early and generally get absolutely blasted for it. they get opposed from every side and ripped to shreds. then, one day, years later, you look back on it and cannot even see what was objectionable. it’s hard to even remember what the fuss was about.
the change is so thorough that it can feel like collective amnesia.
in many ways, that’s just what it is.
that which was basically called a “hate crime” and “anti-science” and “anti-social” suddenly becomes “just common sense” and that which seemed moral is revealed as monstrous.
this is just human psychology and psychological need.
