November Open Thread | 68 comments (67 topical, 1 editorial, 0 hidden)

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Perhaps there is no set of forceful evidence ready on a plate for left critics.
Maybe because there is no such evidence? Frankly, I feel I have done enough due diligence. His ideas have no merit.

I'm also not in the least surprised by his comparable popularity. Telling the right that the Left were the real Nazis is a pretty old racket.

With surprising little innovation since Buckley

Lobster guy has added a bit of self-help pablum to the mix to get to the top of the grifter pile, but only time will tell if he will flame out by defending pedophilia like other recent college grievance merchants or if he will hang around for decades like Ayn Rand's rotting carcass.

by generic on Tue Nov 13th, 2018 at 07:57:54 PM EST
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The abandonment of economic matters and the recent cultist embrace of identity politics looks like a surrogate takeover of progressive/leftish/socialist causes the world hasn't seen since the 1930s. Don't be surprised if you would be convinced late.

by das monde on Wed Nov 14th, 2018 at 10:38:37 AM EST
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I suspect this perception dépends on who you're talking to. I hear plenty of economics.

"Identity politics" is a keyword which indicates that the user belongs to the hegemonic group (typically a white male) and disapproves of the "minorities" getting uppity. Why can't we all just get along. With me on top.

_{It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue
- Queen Elizabeth II}

by eurogreen on Wed Nov 14th, 2018 at 02:10:50 PM EST
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Most people would rather follow than be "on top". An apologetic white male is least acceptable there, I guess.

by das monde on Wed Nov 14th, 2018 at 02:24:16 PM EST
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Identity politics in the 1930s? Yeah, if it hadn't been for all those LGBTQ marches, the Nazis would never have seized power

(giving women the vote in 1918 was the beginning of the end)

_{It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue
- Queen Elizabeth II}

by eurogreen on Wed Nov 14th, 2018 at 02:13:29 PM EST
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It started in Babylon.

by das monde on Wed Nov 14th, 2018 at 02:29:05 PM EST
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