1. So according to @CoreyRobin, I'm a believer in "Green Lanternism" -- the idea that a president can " reshape the public, their parties, and the polity...through words alone." I'm puzzled by this since this is the opposite of what I believe.http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/corey-robin-on-the-historovox-what-we-missed-about-trump.html …
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I know a lot of people admire Robin, and I'm sure his academic work must be great, but every time I see his takes on contemporary American politics they're bad.
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His book on Conservatism was quite good I thought
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He's clearly an Orange Lantern, anyway.
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see you as more of a Blue Beetlist tbh
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Could have sworn your argument was more along the lines of Trump being a dangerous authoritarian whose *actions* would be scary and be the actions of a strongman tyrant. Was plausible but turns out he's too dumb and unfocused and he's chicken b/c he's weak. Robin was prescient.
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also we know from the dossier that the color yellow is not a weakness to Trump
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Genius tenured professor: academia and journalism have come together in the worst way possible, unreflectively serving the interests of powerful people. You (slack-jawed imbecile): hey Einstein, how dare you cite me as having views I actually have!
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Your vanity and lack of self-awareness is astounding. I’m genuinely in awe of you.
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And it is copied by more effective authoritarians overseas who use similar rhetoric to attack the press and the political opposition in their own countries but without similar democratic constraints.
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