From Commentary Magazine’s Editors

 

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“We stand against the mob and all its aims. We stand against the chaos and violence, the silencing of debate, the purging of heretics, the rewriting of history, and the destruction of the greatest country in the world. We will defend the most majestic achievement of humankind, the United States of America, against the most ignoble impulse in human history, to tear down that which is good.”

We Must Stop the Great Unraveling

 

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  1. kedavis Coolidge
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    Henry Racette (View Comment):

    kedavis (View Comment):

    Well, my poor benighted mother sincerely believes that Obama’s inauguration didn’t have Greek columns, that he didn’t say anything about stopping the rise of the oceans, that he didn’t tell the editorial board of the San Francisco Chronicle that energy prices would “necessarily skyrocket” under his policies, that Eric Holder wasn’t held in contempt of Congress for withholding documents, and on and on… “Sincerely believe” doesn’t carry a lot of weight with me, in many situations it just shows that someone is deluded/delusional.

    Of course, not everyone who disagrees with you in wildly uninformed and/or senile.

    That depends on what they’re disagreeing about.  If they say they like oatmeal or cream of wheat, that’s an acceptable matter of opinion.  If they say the sky is green, or the sun (appears to) rise in the west, or that Obama didn’t have Greek columns at his inauguration, or that electing current-day Democrats would be good for the country (maybe because they think Democrats are still the same as 70 years ago), that is different.

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  2. The Reticulator Member
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    Henry Racette (View Comment):
    But I take their editor’s letter seriously. I’m not aware of any other organization that has issued something similar. With everyone rushing to flagellate themselves for the sins of others, to claim “responsibility” for imaginary crimes, Commentary’s response was an oasis of sanity and decency. It made me glad that I’ve allowed my Commentary subscription (electronic only) to persist for the last several years. They just earned my continuing support.

    I subscribed to Commentary many years ago. I’ll take a look at doing so again. 

    It was interesting back then to get on Sen, Carl Levin’s mailing list for those who had Jewish mothers. I don’t have one and have nothing against them, but my Commentary subscription seemed to put me on mailing lists like that. 

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