There is a peculiar pathology that has settled into certain corners of the right-libertarian and classically liberal commentariat, and I want to name it precisely, because imprecision here is its own form of capitulation.
"It is about what the facts obligate " - Is/ought?
I do not know those about whom you write, but fear of facing where we are, is not confined to the commentariat. I see it in all my friends. Once you look into the abyss....
"It is about what the facts obligate " - Is/ought?
I do not know those about whom you write, but fear of facing where we are, is not confined to the commentariat. I see it in all my friends. Once you look into the abyss....
Ditto for Matt Taibbi.
It is normalizing, they are normalizing and therein lies the rub.
It’s an elephant in the room, ignored by some very intelligent and powerful “media” people.