Well you saw this coming even if you didn’t read the interview I did with him a few weeks back. James Joyner parses out Johnson’s list and I have to say, I agree with James on pretty much all his points except for his take on anti-Obamaism vs. anti-Bushism. In any case, read Joyner on this one.
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More calculated, spineless centrism from Joyner.
If you actually talk to a lot of Truthers, they aren’t anything that you could even remotely call leftist. Indeed many of them are genuinely reactionary.Report
Let me second Freddie’s point and add that Joyner can’t seem to distinguish between marginalized fringe and a fringe that isn’t. Liberals keep their left bank at arms length, conservatives (or at least Republicans) don’t.Report
I agree that Truthers are hardly “left” though some certainly are. Truth be told, I think that when the fringes go far enough they begin to connect on the far side. A lot of the same things radical leftists and radical right-wingers say line up quite nicely, and do little to reflect either party’s actual stance.
That being said, I’m not sure this is “calculated centrism” from Joyner. This is a pretty reasonable response to Johnson even if it wouldn’t be to someone else. Johnson was around during all these things. There’s really nothing new about any of this except for perhaps decibel level.Report
Hell, Johnson contributed to a lot of these things.
Of course, so did Sullivan, but he realized it years ago.Report
Back when matoko_chan used to post here, I thought it was comical how she kept invoking Charles Johnson as an exemplar of the Right. Like that idea had any future.Report
thats cuz you dont understand that the homophobic WECs have no futureReport
spot on.Report
I’ll take ED’s comments one step farther and say I agree on all points from Joyner (E.D. – you and I will have to agree to disagree on anti-Obama vs anti-Bush being different).
As for the Right’s radicals being mainstream verses the Left’s radicals being fringe…where were you guys during the Bush years?Report
Culture 11, I think.Report
Believe me, nobody in the Democratic Party except maybe Kucinich ever took the New SDS seriously at all.
On the other hand, how many Democrats voted for the Iraq War, NCLB, Medicare D, etc? Quite a lot.Report
RSM doesn’t understand why the phrase “states’ rights” is problematic in anything other than a 19th-century context, as stated on your own blog:
There’s some form of bigotry, or at least willing ignorance, in not understanding or pretending not to understand why some listeners can reasonably connect the dots between the 20th century, the South, bigotry, and pleas for “states’ rights.”
There’s also some bigotry in stereotyping “any black church” as being against gay marriage. There’s a debate within black churches that’s as vigorous as any within white churches and a cursory search will give you countless examples. And if you’ve ever listened to his program, Dobson’s problem with homosexuality doesn’t start and end with marriage.
Lastly, I’m quite certain Code Pink and 9/11 Truthers never managed to get congressional candidates to agree to loyalty pledges.
I don’t buy the purity of Johnson’s conversion or whatever, but Joyner’s drawing false equivalences all over the place.Report
Just as an additional WTF on the point of the lunatic left being fringe…do Congressmen count?
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/30020.htmlReport
Sure, the difference is they are not in the leadership and never will be.Report