The Nicest Thing I've Ever Heard Myself Say to Myself

Brooks, I’ve decided you’re a liberal humanist.

Thank you.

Brooks, I don’t know how you did it but you somehow found a way of being in the world that neither expresses blessings or condemnations. It’s a fucking miracle!

To say that a person practices ‘liberal humanism’ is to give that person a great compliment, I think.  I’m honored you think me so.

Brooks, would you be kind enough to define your concept of liberal humanism?

A liberal humanist is a person who believes he or she can speak for themselves, while acknowledging other people have just as much right to be seen and heard as they do.

There would seem to be many interpretative loopholes in your definition, Brooks.

Exactly.