Ah, we are closer politically than I thought! (Even as a libertarian, I leaned left. Hard as that might be for some to grok, such people do exist.) But my beef with the Bulwark was centered on JVL: in a comments section, he wrote that anyone who didn't worship Mona could get the fuck out. And I did; I canceled my subscription that day. I still read it because refunds aren't given, and mine doesn't lapse until early next year. I'll probably still read some of the nonpaywalled pieces after that.
I wouldn't mind his dark takes so much if they weren't so contrived to fit his points; but when he omits obvious variables (e.g., the abortion issue's likely effects on the upcoming election), the researcher in me absolutely loses their shit.
I will say this loudly for the cheap seats in the back: Mona Charen is a political hack throwback to a really bad era of movement conservatism. Read her writings in the mid to late aughts, and you will be sickened by her tone deafness and mean spirited rhetoric.
Further, I suspect that while she might tell herself that she is accepting of homosexuality, she probably really wishes that they would just go back into the closet and not be so in your face.
Ah, we are closer politically than I thought! (Even as a libertarian, I leaned left. Hard as that might be for some to grok, such people do exist.) But my beef with the Bulwark was centered on JVL: in a comments section, he wrote that anyone who didn't worship Mona could get the fuck out. And I did; I canceled my subscription that day. I still read it because refunds aren't given, and mine doesn't lapse until early next year. I'll probably still read some of the nonpaywalled pieces after that.
I wouldn't mind his dark takes so much if they weren't so contrived to fit his points; but when he omits obvious variables (e.g., the abortion issue's likely effects on the upcoming election), the researcher in me absolutely loses their shit.
I will say this loudly for the cheap seats in the back: Mona Charen is a political hack throwback to a really bad era of movement conservatism. Read her writings in the mid to late aughts, and you will be sickened by her tone deafness and mean spirited rhetoric.
Further, I suspect that while she might tell herself that she is accepting of homosexuality, she probably really wishes that they would just go back into the closet and not be so in your face.
Yeah, not a fan. Not even a little bit.