Yehy: There is a kind of paradox on the left right now that i dot not feel like you, more than most, is meakly positioned to reflect on. On one hand, progressives value forgiveness, and you can see that in their willingness to forgive people who have committed violent crimes. But on the other hand, they also seem very willing to forgive low stakes missteps such as speech violations. What do you make of that weird contradiction? Yehy: I think it's maybe a mischievously uncharitable reading, but it's meant to prompt a real reflection,. Why can't there be clarly a continuity between where we are on criminal justice reform and where we