is this novel? seems there are many such cases actually it almost seems like the absence of this narrative is what's unusualhttps://twitter.com/DouthatNYT/status/828746724105678848 …
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Gonna be nasty. I've yet to see Douthat's insights as anything higher than those of an average high schooler's.
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yeah. he's at least weird, which I appreciate given the rest of the NYT stable
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HOME Retweeted Ross Douthat
Then there was this. (Maybe he was joking?)https://twitter.com/DouthatNYT/status/781875741634007043 …
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I don't think he was! Here too I kind of admire his obstinate contrarianism even as it seems silly bordering on bad
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maybe this is just an aesthetic preference for people who voice opinions that cause them to lose status with their ingroup
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I like people fighting windmills too. But I prefer those who know that's what they're fighting.
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Back to Potter. (I just read that post.) Its appeal to liberals vis-à-vis heredity, authority, tradition IS weird. But …
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… when hitched to the theme of secretly-different-yet-gifted youth following an enlightened gay sage, it all makes sense.
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yeah seems like HP became a social leftist rallying point when Dumbledore was revealed gay. the trad bits seem unimportant
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it seemed like an intentional (artistically ham-handed) political move by jk rowling, good way to endear oneself to a group
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