There are so many new words and phrases that have been popping up over the last two years that I dislike, but I think none more than tribalism. Last night I was watching the PBS NewsHour , and while I generally appreciate the commentary of Shields & Brooks , I really wanted to throttle David Brooks when during the show he chalked up much of the problems with this week’s hearings to tribalism. At times he is able to rise above his political party affiliation, but to me this just showed that he’s another white guy that just doesn’t get it. Wikipedia says tribalism is the state of being organized by, or advocating for, tribes or tribal lifestyles . In my opinion, that is not the problem because what we’re mostly seeing is differences between how women see things (and what they’ve experienced first hand) and how men (especially white privileged men) see them. We’re also seeing angry men striking back at women for the MeToo movement and for their chipping away at the long...