This dynamic is precisely why a writer of Williamson's background and talent is such a big loss to the Atlantic's readership.
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The original category error here is pretending that this is something he's advocated, which he never did. Lots of people have gut responses that they don't actually advocate as policy. "What do you really want?" may be a fair Q for a politician, but a writer?
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Coates got that exact criticism on his reparations piece - "how would that work in practice." You don't have to nail down every particular general idea of what kind of punishment we are talking about is reasonable.
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Easy. Doctors lose their license and prosecuted for voluntary manslaughter. If woman effects abortion, then voluntary manslaughter. Done.
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