The @NewYorker does lasting and important work, but giving Steve Bannon a platform at their "festival" is terribly misguided, and rooted in a naive belief that public exposure will somehow allow Bannon to be "bested."/threadhttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/03/arts/steve-bannon-new-yorker-festival-haruki-murakami.html?action=click&module=Features&pgtype=Homepage …
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David Remnick is one of the great editors of our time, but he holds a Boomer-age blindspots. He thinks that his pointed questioning of Bannon will somehow expose Bannon in a way which will discredit Bannon and do him damage. It's the opposite though.
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There is no terrible belief or action or prediction that David Remnick could elicit from Steve Bannon that Bannon will not only gladly admit to, but go on to expound upon. He is a white nationalist, a proud one, and exposing this only plays to Bannon's advantage.
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No doubt a New Yorker festival audience will be hostile to Bannon, but this also plays to Bannon's advantage. Amongst a hostile elite, he will convey his "truths" without anger or violence and he will be de facto legitimized.
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David Remnick's career as a journalist makes him believe that he will be debating or even interrogating Bannon in a way that will elicit "truth," which will discredit Bannon, but believing this to be possible is beyond naive and betrays a very poor understanding of Bannon.
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Agreed, Bannon would destroy him
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