Jonathan Chait Goes Over To The Dumb Side
Unfortunate.
We need to recognize and condemn mob action on both sides...but right now it's the left that's the most salient problem. And the fact that right-wing mobs have been a problem as well changes nothing about left-wing mobs.
Also: I think such comparative questions are the road to perdition. It's easier to cheat with respect to comparative judgments, and easy to use them in fallacious tu quoque defenses. Neither Trump's badness nor the Tea Party's makes contemporary rabid leftist mobs any less bad.
We need to recognize and condemn mob action on both sides...but right now it's the left that's the most salient problem. And the fact that right-wing mobs have been a problem as well changes nothing about left-wing mobs.
Also: I think such comparative questions are the road to perdition. It's easier to cheat with respect to comparative judgments, and easy to use them in fallacious tu quoque defenses. Neither Trump's badness nor the Tea Party's makes contemporary rabid leftist mobs any less bad.
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