9. Some of the earliest & sharpest observations on hypocrisy & limits of Enlightenment came from Tories & reactionaries. "How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?" Samuel Johnson owning Jefferson, 1776.
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20. The guy who went after Bouie is Ben Domenech, a very dubious character, who was able to send chittering flying monkeys, almost all of who argued in bad faith or ignorance, to harass Bouie for a whole day. That's twitter for you.
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And a most patient person when accosted by folks indifferent to facts and history
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Saintly patience.
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I worry that Left-wingers don't quite understand that the major political impulse today isn't so much Post-Liberalism as Pre-Liberalism. The spirit of Reaction is in the air and it feels like the only people who notice are those who want to join in.
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I suppose it's an irony of the happenstance of humanity throughout the ages. Surely there were silent skeptics in antiquity that denounced religion, king ships, slavery and tribal hate like racism.
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Debatable.
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