tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post2818722729010424710..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: The Times's Rudderless ColumnistStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-78587309062915302632019-01-20T13:15:16.897-08:002019-01-20T13:15:16.897-08:00Stephens may be bright, as you say, but he doesn&#...Stephens may be bright, as you say, but he doesn't seem to be smart.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-7984799668681799482019-01-18T13:11:27.491-08:002019-01-18T13:11:27.491-08:00Politics is downstream of culture...although there...Politics is downstream of culture...although there is a feedback loop back the other way, culture>>>politics is the primary direction of cause-and-effect. Doesn't sound like Brett S is thinking in those terms.David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-22070771327255197932019-01-18T09:56:26.131-08:002019-01-18T09:56:26.131-08:00"Complacency breeds heedlessness. Liberals we..."Complacency breeds heedlessness. Liberals were heedless when they wrote off moral character as an essential trait of a good presidency. Conservatives (like me) were heedless when we became more concerned about the state of democracy in Iraq than in Iowa. Liberals were heedless when they embraced identity politics without ever thinking it could also be used against them. Conservatives (again, like me) were heedless when we downplayed the significance of the populism and scaremongering infecting the movement via talk radio and Fox News." "Conservatives like him"? He supposes himself as conservative. As he's a columnist for the NYT, I can NOT believe that he is a conservative of any stripe.<br /><br />"Blaming it on Trump means that the columnist is so consumed by his own passions that he has lost his mental rudder. Which means that he is flailing, not reasoning." He took the NYT-geld, and must DO as he is told. Cynical? One must be, these days.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-47857995032217512262019-01-18T09:05:26.552-08:002019-01-18T09:05:26.552-08:00Stephens skewers the EUniks for eschewing "in...Stephens skewers the EUniks for eschewing "integration without genuine democratic accountability and consent."<br /><br />In other words, they weren't populist enough. What'cha smokin' dude?<br /><br /><br />"Ideological apostasies"? Ideologie über alles, eh?<br />:-Dtrigger warninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06310637474428322994noreply@blogger.com