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9. Yeah, I get this same drivel from my friend who I argue with a lot

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Tue Nov 17, 2020, 09:34 AM

Nov 2020

He tries to pretend he is above the fray of the typical frothing masses by using terms like "classical liberalism" etc. But he can't see that he is engulfed in the same kind of groupthink that he rails against.

Funny that he uses Andrews Sullivan as an example of a "liberal" writer who fled a liberal publication. Sullivan is a forever conservative and was only temporarily anti-trump. But these days, that is all that it takes to fall into the crosshairs of the right.

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Outrageous projection - NYT "Groupthink Has Left the Left Blind" (Bret Stephens) [View all] NRaleighLiberal Nov 2020 OP

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I couldn't believe what I was reading in that article. The right twisting itself into a pretzel. NRaleighLiberal Nov 2020 #2

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I can only afford two online subs obamanut2012 Nov 2020 #5

Douthat and Stephens typically make my blood boil. Brooks not as bad lately. NRaleighLiberal Nov 2020 #7

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The Author is a Right Wing Dipshit JI7 Nov 2020 #8

Yeah, I get this same drivel from my friend who I argue with a lot genxlib Nov 2020 #9

Never ever waste your time reading a Bret Stephens column. Paladin Nov 2020 #10

Bingo NRaleighLiberal Nov 2020 #11

+100. Hortensis Nov 2020 #26

Author's bio says: "American conservative journalist, editor, and columnist" Cameliano Nov 2020 #12

It's not a right wing source - it is a major news source, NYT NRaleighLiberal Nov 2020 #13

Bret Stephens isn't a right winger? Cameliano Nov 2020 #18

It was published in the Times - and the Times is allowed. NRaleighLiberal Nov 2020 #20

NRaleigh, the NYT works to elect Republicans, and this is proven. Hortensis Nov 2020 #28

Okay but stop ignoring the author Cameliano Nov 2020 #31

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