1. I'm in sympathy with much of what Ross Douthat writes here (particularly on the corporate uses of diversity) but I think his discussion of the Cotton op-ed suffers from a fatal abstraction from context.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/opinion/nyt-tom-cotton-oped-liberalism.html …
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4. You could, if you wanted to, make an argument that in the abstract "sending in the troops" might in some circumstances make sense. But guess what? Life is not a debating club. Our choices take place in a specific moment: sending in the troops would mean Trump with in charge.
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5. It's not an accident the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff got enormous pushback for participating in Trump's St. John's photo op: the next day he issued a statement reaffirming military's commitment to constitution & later apologized for photo op. https://twitter.com/AYATOMM_COM/status/1271522360600887296/photo/1pic.twitter.com/sJM4Jf686C
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@DouthatNYT says Cotton distinguishes between looters & protestors. But, again, this isn't an abstract debate. Cotton isn't the commander-in-chief, Trump is. And Trump, as he did today, uses looters and protesters interchangeably. He'd be in charge if troops sent in.pic.twitter.com/08X1v5vBB8
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7. The problem with James Bennet's op-ed page (a problem that Douthat's current column replicates) is that it treated ideas as entertainments: playful exercises for the mind. Thought experiments. Now I think ideas can be playful but not always, not during a mass uprising!
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@DouthatNYT needs to address the fact that Cotton called for rules of engagement to be "no quarters" given -- i.e. no prisoners, only killing. That's a war crime.https://twitter.com/TomCottonAR/status/1267459561675468800 …Show this thread -
9. The 82nd Airborne was almost deployed. "There was some very deep philosophical discussions about the Constitution." Like I said, life is not a debating club.https://connectingvets.radio.com/articles/new-details-about-the-82nd-military-deployment-to-dc …
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So what you're saying is the military would have been happy to go along with it for a President Cruz or Cotton or Barr or someone less abjectly stupid? You realise that's deeply, deeply, horrifying, right?
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Ross know all of this. He’s playing the game. Just like
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Ever notice how most Never Trump pundits are much more eager to punch left than criticize the president, regardless of the circumstances?
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Eisenhower (& MacArthur & Patton) had personal experience, having been called into action to attack civilians in Washington DC against the Bonus Marchers https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army pic.twitter.com/ygf1CCtL2Q
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