1. So the whole discussion of "intellectual dark web," conservatives in liberal media etc. confuses two issues: should non-conservatives read right-wing authors (yes) & should liberal magazines publish right-wing authors (it depends).
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7. Contra Douthat, these institutions are not ideological capacious. They range from center right to center left.https://twitter.com/DouthatNYT/status/994964671752032256 …
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8. The problem all along is how do you represent the ideological divisions of polarizing & fraying America in institutions that really have a hard time processing ideas outside narrow center left & center right spectrum.
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9. Unpopular opinion but I think
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10. Bari Weiss, viewed charitably, is trying to something similar to what
@DouthatNYT does: act as translator/mediator between right-wing subcultures and NYT centrist/liberal subculture. But these translation/mediations are always fraught.Show this thread -
11. Douthat's notorious robot sex column can be seen as case where translation/mediation failed because readers took him as sympathizing with incels & trying to mainstream their concerns. That's usual danger of liminal figure; to be seen as representing other side.
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Why are you putting "liberal" publications in the same bucket as "mainstream/centrist" though? I don't see conservative publications operating under the same rules...that it's important to hear "both sides"
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I think this is an excellent point. In some sense, pretty clear (if not overt) racists should be writing for the Times.
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Just don’t buy copies.
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while Rabid Heer has a ring to it .......i was thinking Mad Dog Jeet for a nickname
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tried reading/following douthat, couldn't
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