It is very worthwhile to comb through podcasts, tweets and essays for eloquent salvos that can be hurled at our enemies, to demoralize and humiliate them in the same way their institutions do to us. A welcoming hand also shows potential defectors the assurance of fair treatment.
Wyatt, as a "former leftist" yourself, you know as well as anyone the critical diversity of the left: after all, there's a reason that all the dissenting leftists you cite and namedrop did not suddenly declare themselves "right wing" because they had serious critiques of their fellow leftists. But when I say you know this, I mean that you are being literally and intentionally disingenuous about it. You give away the game when you shamelessly conflate the liberal capitalist wing of power (Democrats, woke corporations, etc) with "the Left" as a whole. You, a "former leftist," are more than merely familiar with the idea of bashing liberals from a serious left perspective, of critiquing identity politics from a left-materialist perspective, and so forth - you had done these things yourself for years. This sudden lack of nuance can only be explained by two things: your drug habits either have killed off a serious percentage of your brain cells all at once, or you have mercenarily realized that you can cash in by joining the chorus of dime a dozen culture warriors. It's clear to me that there's probably some combination of the two going on here. Faced with total ostracism by the left due to your evidently disastrous relationships with women, given your reference to kangaroo courtd (ah yes, "what is left of romantic love" indeed) and penchant for making distasteful jokes, you realized that your career as a left thought leader wasn't going anywhere. But what's the only place with more gullible fools than the American left? That's right, the American right! Better yet, unlike the left, the right has a lot more money to waste on young fools such as yourself. Being a right-wing conversion story, turning all your past well-deserved backlash for your reckless actions into culture war issues, and getting to flex your eruditeness in front of a frothing audience too dumb and enraged to notice you are absolutely phoning it in with lazy nonsense really squares the circle of your life, doesn't it? You're actually the one to attempt what we leftists have always joked about: proving that being a young conservative ideologue is the easiest job in the world. I hope you enjoy hanging out with Charlie Kirk and other such morons in a few years, and that it turns you on greatly when your future tradwife cucks you repeatedly.
It’s people like you, with your incessant accusations of grifting and ad hominem attacks on everyone with whom you disagree, that push people away from the left. We’ve been reliable Democrats for years, but we’ll be pushing back at the voting booth in the coming years. When it happens, know that you were part of the problem.
Oh come on Wyatt, you were never a Leftist...Give me a break.
So, just a reminder: Conservatives are just fine with a President who wanted to violate the Constitution, to overthrow an election. All of your pontificating cannot get over that hurdle. You need to get off the Red Pills .. your list of Leftist pet causes proves: you are delerious and inebriated with partisan animosity. You can play this blame-game all day but Claremont Institute thinks the Constitution allows for a "pause" during the counting of the electoral votes, as if they never read the Constitution.
Your time would be better spent thinking up solutions (the Left), instead of all of the Clarmont-style (aka sesquipedalian) snarky, dangerous grievance, no good solutions. (the Right)
Anyway, Please stop spreading disinformation. Believe in America's greatness and stop being so scared of America's future, like a Faketriot. Have faith and hope in your fellow Americans!
Your partisan trashing, sophistory, and your animosity is not helping the National conversation here, just saying. What is wrong with you people? You can do better than this, Wyatt. The answer is love, not hate.
You have not addressed a single issue, and tried to make it about Trump. That is becoming so predictable, and cliched. Perhaps heed Thomas Frank, if not Wyatt -- he told you years ago (Listen Liberals) that you were disconnected from issues, and that just saying "Orange Man Bad" was an unsustainable political tack. You still haven't figured that out -- which is good news for the nation. Keep up the hate, in avoidance of issues. Americans can see what this ideology is....
Not Surprised; Antifa, the "woke" youth taking over corporations, the arts, education; BLM suppressing any discussion; the extremes in the trans movement poisoning children who've been labeled "transgender" and invading women's safe spaces. That is today's "left".
It is very worthwhile to comb through podcasts, tweets and essays for eloquent salvos that can be hurled at our enemies, to demoralize and humiliate them in the same way their institutions do to us. A welcoming hand also shows potential defectors the assurance of fair treatment.
Wyatt, as a "former leftist" yourself, you know as well as anyone the critical diversity of the left: after all, there's a reason that all the dissenting leftists you cite and namedrop did not suddenly declare themselves "right wing" because they had serious critiques of their fellow leftists. But when I say you know this, I mean that you are being literally and intentionally disingenuous about it. You give away the game when you shamelessly conflate the liberal capitalist wing of power (Democrats, woke corporations, etc) with "the Left" as a whole. You, a "former leftist," are more than merely familiar with the idea of bashing liberals from a serious left perspective, of critiquing identity politics from a left-materialist perspective, and so forth - you had done these things yourself for years. This sudden lack of nuance can only be explained by two things: your drug habits either have killed off a serious percentage of your brain cells all at once, or you have mercenarily realized that you can cash in by joining the chorus of dime a dozen culture warriors. It's clear to me that there's probably some combination of the two going on here. Faced with total ostracism by the left due to your evidently disastrous relationships with women, given your reference to kangaroo courtd (ah yes, "what is left of romantic love" indeed) and penchant for making distasteful jokes, you realized that your career as a left thought leader wasn't going anywhere. But what's the only place with more gullible fools than the American left? That's right, the American right! Better yet, unlike the left, the right has a lot more money to waste on young fools such as yourself. Being a right-wing conversion story, turning all your past well-deserved backlash for your reckless actions into culture war issues, and getting to flex your eruditeness in front of a frothing audience too dumb and enraged to notice you are absolutely phoning it in with lazy nonsense really squares the circle of your life, doesn't it? You're actually the one to attempt what we leftists have always joked about: proving that being a young conservative ideologue is the easiest job in the world. I hope you enjoy hanging out with Charlie Kirk and other such morons in a few years, and that it turns you on greatly when your future tradwife cucks you repeatedly.
It’s people like you, with your incessant accusations of grifting and ad hominem attacks on everyone with whom you disagree, that push people away from the left. We’ve been reliable Democrats for years, but we’ll be pushing back at the voting booth in the coming years. When it happens, know that you were part of the problem.
Excellent article
Oh come on Wyatt, you were never a Leftist...Give me a break.
So, just a reminder: Conservatives are just fine with a President who wanted to violate the Constitution, to overthrow an election. All of your pontificating cannot get over that hurdle. You need to get off the Red Pills .. your list of Leftist pet causes proves: you are delerious and inebriated with partisan animosity. You can play this blame-game all day but Claremont Institute thinks the Constitution allows for a "pause" during the counting of the electoral votes, as if they never read the Constitution.
Your time would be better spent thinking up solutions (the Left), instead of all of the Clarmont-style (aka sesquipedalian) snarky, dangerous grievance, no good solutions. (the Right)
Anyway, Please stop spreading disinformation. Believe in America's greatness and stop being so scared of America's future, like a Faketriot. Have faith and hope in your fellow Americans!
Your partisan trashing, sophistory, and your animosity is not helping the National conversation here, just saying. What is wrong with you people? You can do better than this, Wyatt. The answer is love, not hate.
You have not addressed a single issue, and tried to make it about Trump. That is becoming so predictable, and cliched. Perhaps heed Thomas Frank, if not Wyatt -- he told you years ago (Listen Liberals) that you were disconnected from issues, and that just saying "Orange Man Bad" was an unsustainable political tack. You still haven't figured that out -- which is good news for the nation. Keep up the hate, in avoidance of issues. Americans can see what this ideology is....
That’s a series of logical fallacies, not a serious criticism of this wonderful article.
If my comment was a series of fallacies, you could refute 'em!
That’s correct!
Not Surprised; Antifa, the "woke" youth taking over corporations, the arts, education; BLM suppressing any discussion; the extremes in the trans movement poisoning children who've been labeled "transgender" and invading women's safe spaces. That is today's "left".