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No Sympathy, No Charity's avatar

Woooo boy, Charlie. There is a central theme in all of the sections today though. “For my friends, everything! For my enemies, the law!”

Whether it is political opponents or individuals and companies using speech, the right seems fine with said speech when it favors the right. The moment that speech criticize the right, we must use the coercive power of the state to crush it! If these people weren’t so dangerous, they would be hilarious.

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Richard Burger's avatar

Noah Rothman comments: “It should go without saying that the president’s conduct is not just morally obtuse but irredeemably stupid.”

I read the whole NAtional Review article. The analysis disgusts me. Yes, it glancingly notes that embracing a murderous psychopath is troubling. But the real focus is that Trump's actions work against Republican power. The second that Trump becomes the tool of Republican power, the NR staff will return to attacking his critics. Gross.

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Mary Brownell's avatar

I had exactly the same reaction to the Noah Rothman NR article, Richard, and you expressed my thoughts and feelings exactly.

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No Sympathy, No Charity's avatar

Noah and his bosom buddy Baseball Dan are some of the worse bad faith commentators today. It’s always about Trump’s inability to win as the primary argument. It’s the rot of tue anti-antis

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DeeDee D's avatar

Yup. A hallmark of fascism at work n

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Colleen Kochivar-Baker's avatar

The scary part of all of this is the companies don't have to criticize the right to engender the right's hatred. They just have to very quietly offer recognition to some poor group the right is currently using it's megaphone to bully.

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No Sympathy, No Charity's avatar

That’s the part of what makes the whole Dylan Mulvaney thing so asinine.

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