Of all the crazy ideas to come out of the left, the hysteria over cultural appropriation seems the most “Onion-like”, i.e. most like a parody in the Onion newspaper. It’s not like rent controls or the minimum wage, where I see their point but respectfully disagree. It just seems crazy. Maybe that’s because I am of a generation that grew up celebrating cultural appropriation as the hippest of all lifestyles. I can’t imagine my life without the music of Dylan, the Stones and Led Zep, all of whom culturally appropriated black music on a massive scale.