Midge Decter was a major figure whose historical importance has been obscured for many reasons (including, ironically, a sexism she herself supported). One big achievement was she invented the whole rhetorical strategy of "making up a guy to get mad at."
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first thing i thought ofhttps://newrepublic.com/article/154404/myth-welfare-queen …
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I hope it’s not sexist to think that Plato may have made up guys to get mad at (and then destroy in debate) a few years before Midge.
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Obviously it has long roots but I think Decter really pioneered the modern political version of this.
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Is this like the “anti-vax guys in an Ohio diner” being interviewed about current events?
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Do you think she might have abandoned conservative polemics for a more wholesome pursuit had her husband, say, run off in 1965 with a time traveling Jackie O lookalike sent from our looming dystopic future to make things right?
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I’m imagining a Commentary that pivoted back to liberalism, offering just enough of a historical nudge to elect Ted Kennedy in 1980….
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Is this the point where I say that I always confuse Midge Decter with Gertrude Himmelfarb?
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That's very unfair to Himmelfarb.
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And what a proud legacy it is!https://twitter.com/Boomieleaks/status/1524779611279728642 …
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