I saw the article extensively quoted (no, I don't read The New Republic). It was vile, and it had no appearance of being satire. Leftists are eating their own. You can't be gay enough, or black enough, or socialist enough, to satisfy the crowd gathered at the base of the guillotine.
Sad, really. When Martin Peretz ran the thing and Andrew Sullivan edited it, TNR was one of the most interesting reads out there, even though it was left-leaning. Now it's a just a joke.
When Martin Peretz owned it and Michael Kinsley and Jack Beatty edited it.
During Sullivan's tenure, it grew strange and, on occasion, incredible. That's when I cancelled my subscription. His successor Michael Kelly was impressive in various venues, but during his tenure at TNR he had the audacity to point out Albert Gore, Jr.'s cruddy little transgressions, for which Peretz abruptly fired him.
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I saw the article extensively quoted (no, I don't read The New Republic). It was vile, and it had no appearance of being satire. Leftists are eating their own. You can't be gay enough, or black enough, or socialist enough, to satisfy the crowd gathered at the base of the guillotine.
Yup.
Katherine,
Even if it had been more obviously satirical, the Left has zero sense of humor.
Well, it wasn't funny, for one thing. And the Left has lost its sense of humor along with its perspective.
Sad, really. When Martin Peretz ran the thing and Andrew Sullivan edited it, TNR was one of the most interesting reads out there, even though it was left-leaning. Now it's a just a joke.
When Martin Peretz owned it and Michael Kinsley and Jack Beatty edited it.
During Sullivan's tenure, it grew strange and, on occasion, incredible. That's when I cancelled my subscription. His successor Michael Kelly was impressive in various venues, but during his tenure at TNR he had the audacity to point out Albert Gore, Jr.'s cruddy little transgressions, for which Peretz abruptly fired him.
The article in question reminds you that some people live in a completely different mental world than you do, and, no, you don't wanna go there.
Either one. But it was interesting then. Now it's just boring.
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