And see those metaphors ‘up front’ and ‘out in the open’ are part of a system we call atavistic purism. AP implies the existence of an ethically perfect state which not only doesn’t exist and never existed but it’s usually used to shore up the prejudices of whoever’s making the judgments.
-Jennifer Egan
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