Comedian David Sedaris Goes Viral For Illustrating Impossibility Of Talking To Liberals |
Why is it so hard to talk to leftists?
Because, as some internet commentators have observed, they constantly pretend not to understand things.
Comedian David Sedaris illustrates the phenomenon nicely in an essay for The New Yorker. Sedaris, who once joked about going back in time and smothering an infant Donald Trump, is hardly a conservative. But Sedaris built a career on noting the idiosyncrasies of his class, so his observations here aren’t without precedent.
Sedaris’ troubles began, as so many do, by taking a walk in Portland, Oregon.
David Sedaris writes about what happened—or rather, what didn’t—after an altercation with an animal and its owners in Portland, Oregon: https://t.co/ijw9cSnDIX pic.twitter.com/bLCgt2vvEj
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) December 14, 2025
“I lost count of the strung-out addicts I passed on my way to the doughnut shop and back, and I had just headed out from my hotel again when I came upon three men and a woman, all in their late thirties. The four were gathered around a baby carriage, and as I neared the woman........