oversimplification

My cynical oversimplification of the story of Los Angeles goes like this: lots of people saw how beautiful Southern California was and wanted not just to live there but to possess it.

Theologian Reinhold Niebuhr once described propaganda in a democracy as “emotionally potent oversimplifications” peddled to the masses, and that’s precisely what Carlson’s videos seem to provide.

That is, admittedly and intentionally, a gross oversimplification — for Kelly had a deeply flawed tenure in Westwood and Foster brings significant potential to the role.

That was an oversimplification, perhaps — Philadelphia had nine Black players on its roster for the Finals, Portland seven.

In this era that we find ourselves of extreme oversimplification, I have found myself craving the difficult.