You’ve got to be either a saint or a masochist — maybe a little of both — to try to explain American partisans these days. Seek out figures on the far left or far right, after all, and you’ll get either criticism for snarking (from that side) or blowback for platforming (from the other side). Of course such work is essential at a moment when too many of us listen only to our allies. That’s where the sainthood comes in. All of this forms the unique, admirable and I-still-wouldn’t-want-to-be-him professional role of Donie O’Sullivan, the Millennial CNN reporter who travels around the county earnestly-wryly talking to hardcore figures on…
