1/When I asked about top public intellectuals, a lot of the names I heard most frequently were those of moderate conservatives, or at least people who push back against cultural liberalism. Sam Harris, Steve Pinker, Jordan Peterson, Jonathan Haidt, Scott Alexander, etc.
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Scott definitely pushes back against liberalism from time to time so this is hardly that ridiculous a statement.
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I heard a rumor that Bernie Sanders once disagreed with something said by someone on the left! He must be a moderate conservative!
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I heard a rumor that the meaning of the word “or” hasn’t changed recently ;)
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I assume Scott “pushes back against cultural liberalism,” aka illiberalism, which is pretty fair.
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Noah's use of "cultural liberalism" is, in the most charitable interpretation, misleading.
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Dude occasionally scolds progressives, I guess that gets him rounded off to 'conservative '.
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It seems prima facie implausible that the readership of a "moderate conservative" would have a conservative/reactionary self-identification rate of ~10-15%:http://slatestarcodex.com/2017/03/17/ssc-survey-2017-results/ …
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He does fall under the "or at least" clause though, right?
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