So many, of all political dispositions, fall into traps of tribalism. We must all be more disciplined to focus on ideas not tribes or labels
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The basis for Kamm's outrage this time was a bullshit Q from
@EvanHD framed specifically to elicit outrage from the likes of Kamm. It workedpic.twitter.com/fCYmMbgE92
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And CW did not find it difficult at all. He politely pointed out that it was a bullshit question
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I recommend reading Legacy of Ashes. You'll have a better picture who the despot is: the USA
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Seems to me a syndrome that both left and right politicians suffer from. Even more so far-left and far-right ones.
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Why do so many intellectuals believe their powerful brains are enough when all their data comes from the media? Come and see for yourself!
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Because they dare to challenge the capitalist system?
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An article written by
@OliverKamm who says Iran is the only evil dictatorship in MENA. Nothing about Qatar's & Colombia's HR violations.pic.twitter.com/tsi3LFBVmL
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Because they read Wikileaks? And sceptical of Media empires & realise despots exist because Empire keeps interfering
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But Thatcher didn't do that with Pinochet of Chile did she?
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They imagine that whoever is less powerful must be right. It's a bit naive.
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Roger Scruton's
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There is a Kenneth Minogue essay on just this topic in On Liberty and its Enemies.
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The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
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Why would you suggest this is a left/right issue? In the UK,
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Why do you listen to someone like Kamm who was a strong believer in Bush and Blair's disastrous Iraq war?
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