1. I loved Hitchens but it's worth noting that the entire trajectory of his career goes against the narrative Brooks is constructing here. The more of a reactionary crank Hitchens became, the bigger platforms he gained.https://twitter.com/nytdavidbrooks/status/1286619122835619845 …
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8. Hitchens entire 1985 statement on the profitability of faux-contrarianism is instructive.pic.twitter.com/MPjkz5LUmy
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9. Also, while I'm here: Brooks is wrong about this: "The liberal New Republic has less viewpoint diversity than the conservative National Review." TNR runs both socialists, Biden-style liberals, & Never Trump conservatives.
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10. Louis-Ferdinand Céline was one of France's greatest novelists. He would be unemployable today because there was no set of priors he wasn’t willing to offendhttps://twitter.com/nytdavidbrooks/status/1286619122835619845 …
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In other words, Mr. Brooks continues to understand nothing, and is eloquently wrong again.
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Not sure that's completely true. It's hard to find a good contrarian. And he took on the religious right, Kissinger, Clintons from the left, the Tea Party, etc., to the end. Would have almost certainly been anti-Trump.
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