Letter in Harpers: Some liberars "get" it

[OH58D]

The Left created this Monster, and now the Monster is too dangerous even for the creator. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein with a twist.

[chuckman]

My mom's family is in eastern NC, and some of them are still democrat, but old-school, old-south democrat (think kinda like Jim Webb). To hear them talk, they really actually sound more libertarian. But they loathe what's happened to the democrat party, and are really apoplectic at what's been going on with the severe divergence to the radical, violent left.

One thing I love about them, they won't vote if they don't like the candidate. They might vote for Biden if his VP pick is to their taste, but they may not vote for president at all.

[chadbag]

All good points. I guess I mean they "get it" compared the raving loons from the progressives who are now dominating the narrative and now that they're being censored by those progressives, they're waking up a bit. I think we have to read between the lines a bit, but it does suggest per my prior post, there's rift getting larger between the more classic old school liberal types and the modern progressives.

Old school meaning Johnson + -- not real old school classical liberals, which are the libertarians (small-l).

[markm]

I don't know if they "get it" or if it's just them demanding that THEY should keep their free speech, but the right should still be subject to censorship.

Exactly. I boggles the mind that these intolerant f#$kbags have the balls to say conservatives are the ones trying to control speech/info/censorship. Classic liberal hypocrites campaigning against EXACTLY what they are all about.

[Averageman]

There was a transitional period during and after the Johnson Administration that left the Democrats at odds with the changes in their Party. The result (and this is only my perception) is the Dixiecrats.
They loved some Jim Crow and Johnson had to figure a way to keep control of the Black Vote and Culture. Having a hand-up from FDR, Johnson came up with the "Great Society" to attain that control.
Robert Byrd was a mentor to Hillary, coincidence?

[TomMcC]

I dont know what these people get or got. They have a bad case of TDS from what I read. They're just a little right of the Stalinists that are trying to grab power.

[WillBrink]

Old school meaning Johnson + -- not real old school classical liberals, which are the libertarians (small-l).

Roger that. I get ma liberals confused some times. I'm a right leaning (small-l) libertarian myself, with occasional large L positions. Currently I identify a blender.

[Honu]

I don't know if they "get it" or if it's just them demanding that THEY should keep their free speech, but the right should still be subject to censorship.

Ditto basically whiny babies only want THEIR view and funny who cares about harpers so this will be in the oct edition Hahahaah who reads actual magazines like this anymore ?

[Diamondback]

Don't mistake this for "moderation" or "with us," they're just trying to carve a bubble out of Cancel Culture to protect themselves and would still gleefully Unperson us all at the first opportunity.

[Aetius]

Don't mistake this for "moderation" or "with us," they're just trying to carve a bubble out of Cancel Culture to protect themselves and would still gleefully Unperson us all at the first opportunity.

Spot on, sir