A New Politics Thread

[Rome]

Literally zero.  Sorry.  There's no such thing anymore. 

[MDS]

Can any of you three fools offer the name of a conservative columnist whose writing is worth reading?

I'm struggling to find a counter-point to the stuff I normally read.  Most of what I find is so poorly written, or unimaginatively argued, that it's just a waste of time.  There have to be some decent right-of-center editorialists, no?

george will?

its basically impossible to be an educated, thoughtful republican. either youre a maga idiot or defending maga idiots because hillary clinton is the spawn of satan or whatever

[Diomedes]

I can't bear Will's ostentatious writing.  I too know a lot of words, George.

I've been directed to Ross Douthat at NYT, but I don't have a sub, so I need to look into getting access through the library or something like that.  I've also been told to look at the Bulwark as another option that isn't repugnant.

[Rome]

I guess I admire your willingness to seek out different perspectives, but I can't say I share it.  The DeSantis lovers in government that I deal with are truly vile, despicable and hypocritical iceholes. I have 7 years and 50 weeks left until I retire and get the ever-living hell out of here.  Wherever we go you can be sure that I will avoid so-called "conservatives" if at all possible.   

[Diomedes]

I just don't want to fall completely into a Left echo chamber..trouble is, there's very little on the right that's palatable.  I try to read the stuff WaPo publishes from their token conservatives but have you read anything Marc Thiessen wrote?  OMG...nutbag and bad writer as well.  There's GOT to be someone putting forward some kind of counterpoint to the folks I tend to agree with,  right?

[MDS]

do you really need to read a counterpoint to forced birth or billionaire tax breaks

[General_Failure]

Reasonable takes aren't profitable.

[Diomedes]

do you really need to read a counterpoint to forced birth or billionaire tax breaks

No, but I do appreciate know what their arguments are.  And there are some matters around which I don't know what I think, so I prefer to look around.  Good idea to send cluster bombs to Ukraine or not, for example.  I read a bit and decided:  Good.  But before I decided, I checked what various takes were...pretty simple critical thinking skill, really.

[Eagaholic]

I think the world needs more people with your attitude, Dio. In today's climate there is an intolerance of tolerance, much to our detriment, and it may just be the death of us. Somewhere along the line we've equated a willingness to listen to Other with a tacit agreement and approval. And therefore pitchforks and torches is the only reasonable response to someone willing to listen. In this country it probably derives in part from years of weak and ineffective responses from the left, but I think it's the wrong answer. Obviously this doesn't pertain to egregious social violations but we seem to have lost the ability to distinguish between psychopathic neo-nazis and someone who uttered a racial slur 40 years ago. And like GF said, reasonable takes aren't profitable.

[ice grillin you]

Whataboutism is the best

[PhillyPhreak54]

A genuinely awful human on multiple levels. But this one is his worst act yet. Just an odious scumbag.

https://twitter.com/houstonchron/status/1681083425783009281 46&t=Uib2YOn6CJgx-z2RaE9o7Q

[Diomedes]

One wonders how the Governor would fare if he were pushed into the Rio Grande.

[ice grillin you]

He should be pushed into hell

[PhillyPhreak54]

Yep. He's a true piece of shtein.

Came out today that the Dept of Public Safety (DPS aka State Troopers that were utter cowards in Uvalde) put razor wire on private land despite landowners saying no.

[General_Failure]

What are muh guns for if not for shooting government officials taking away your actual freedoms?