tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post1289712922253996791..comments2024-03-29T07:36:51.933-05:00Comments on driftglass: False Equivalence: A Beaver's Tale driftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-88839867494788372282016-07-15T07:11:17.799-05:002016-07-15T07:11:17.799-05:00My good friend August J. Pollak retweeted a succin...My good friend August J. Pollak retweeted a succinct summation of the situation, and I think I'm going to start boosting it:<br /><br />https://twitter.com/jamisonfoser/status/708045847250886656<br /><br />As you can see, it's you in six tweets, which could easily (like Alisa Zinov'yevna's summary of Objectivism) be recited while standing on one foot.<br /><br />"Oh, I haven't done a numbered list of Obviously True Things That Are Nevertheless Inadequately Understood in quite a while, so here goes.<br />"1) There are people who have said for years/decades that GOP & conservative movement is a racist/sexist/xenophobic know-nothing goon squad.<br />"2) There are other people who have denied this, and those who have pretended left and right have equal and mirror-image flaws.<br />"3) Every day brings increasingly undeniable evidence the first group has been right, and the second has been spectacularly wrong.<br />"4) Media & political elites should make this a key factor in deciding who[m] to listen to, quote, and take seriously going forward.<br />"5) The end."Neo Tuxedohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15455041641080873400noreply@blogger.com