Hot Takes Are Making the Ukraine Invasion Worse

Whenever something Earth-shattering and awful happens, we've come to expect grifters, celebrities, and attention whores to go to the mattresses with the dumbest and most-self-obsessed takes imaginable.

That's all well and good—Viva free speech!—but we shouldn't stand for that from the "serious" people—the activists, media figures, and policymakers who keep telling us how smart, informed, and wise they are.

That's especially true when we're talking about actual war.

So here's a word to the would-be wise: You don't have to serve up glib, instamatic replies that would make Joy Behar wince in the hopes of building a consensus for your pre-existing obsessions.