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On Ricochet? Where?
Rob is on the Ricochet podcast. Not too long ago, they had VDH on, who certainly disagrees with him. Jonah has had people on the Remnant, such as Sebastian Gorka, who worked for Trump, as one example. I don’t follow Jon’s work, but I am sure he has also had people on the Commentary podcast or encounters elsewhere with those whom he disagrees. Because we do not agree with them does not mean they aren’t hearing or listening to people like us. It just means they have come to different conclusions based on a lifetime of experiences that we are lucky enough not to share.
So they talk to somebody they disagree with, like, once a year?
I very rarely miss the Ricochet Podcast; evidently I missed Dr. Hanson’s one appearance.
I used to listen to the Commentary podcast quite regularly, before I sickened of it. It’s not just that everyone is in broad agreement there, it’s that everyone there is dependent on John Podhoretz for their livelihood, so he bullies and talks over them mercilessly.
I don’t get to the Remnant podcast very often, but I do try to check its contents when I can. If I ever saw any pro-Trumper on the schedule, I would have made a point of listening.
P.S.: I thought you would have an actual URL or something!
Fine, make me be the one to bother.
Recent VDH on Flagship.
As for The Remnant, I haven’t listened in many moons. At least with the Flagship, there has long been Peter, and James is definitely now swinging in the right direction. I think one will have to go to at least page two to get to a Remnant with disagreement, but I could be wrong.
I don’t think that has to do with his being the boss, I think that’s just John. He does that on this podcast, too.
Don’t confuse Commentary’s John Podhoretz with Ricochet Editor-In-Chief Jon Gabriel.
Jon’s parents were dirt-poor and couldn’t afford the luxury of an “H” in his first name.
I’m not confused. I just thought Norman’s son was a Jon. Now I see I am incorrect. C’est la vie!
I stopped listening after Rob’s desecration of Robert E. Lee. Attacking the most revered Southern general and gentleman is not the way to attract listeners. Whatever happened to Mother’s advice, “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all”?
Every historical person has his admirers and detractors, because every historical figure has his virtues and his flaws. Even Uncle Joe (Stalin) was admired for his effort fighting Hitler and the Nazis, in spite of the fact they had a peace agreement at first (Molotov-Ribbontrop Pact).
In the kindergarten-level understanding of the origins of the Civil War, which Rob Long believes, Robert E. Lee is a villain, period.
There is no one alive today (with perhaps Texas as the outlier) who believes in the sovereignty of the state before the Federal government. They have no idea what it means to be “a Virginian first.” Most people are likely to identify with their college mascot before state residency.
What about California? Or New York?
I don’t think people see it in a state’s sovereignty issue but some people here in Albuquerque identify with our area code, 505. Businesses use 505 in their name and people get it tattooed on them.
I have seen two or three people flying the state flag when I drive around, which I haven’t seen much outside of Texas. It might have more to do with it being a beautiful flag.
Obviously I identify more as a Wisconsin citizen. For example, I didn’t choose “DrewInUSA” as my Rico-handle.
Lee did not take his forces into a sectarian war.
Means noting to Rob Long.
God, I despise Yankees and their smugness. Theys till despise the South.
Rob is from below the Mason-Dixon Line.
But he doesn’t seem to like much about the south except for the cooking.
Rob is a yankee in his outlook
Bi-coastal élite.
He’s from Baltimore. Hardly the deep south.
Well at least he’s Bi. That’s a plus, these days.
Do you know where the Mason-Dixon Line is? I didn’t say he was from the Deep South, just that he is a Southerner.
Maryland is not the South.
Not in any way, shape or form.
Yes I do.
When you say “southerner” to most people, the first thing that comes to mind is not “someone from Baltimore”.
Well, all Confederates were villians in some curricula. If the war was only about slavery, why did almost all of the Confederate forces consist of non-slaveholders?
When I was stationed in Connectcut, I visted New York City, Boston, and others places up North. Heck, I spent 16 weeks in Newport, RI while going to OCS. I enjoyed the different cultures these places had, and wouldn’t dream of changing them. Instead, I lived in them, experienced them.
Which is why I wonder why Northerners and other parts of the country want to change ours . . .
Because the north has been set against the south sine the foundation of this republic
You’re giving the kindergarteners headaches!
I can’t help it if most people are ignorant.
Maryland stayed in the Union. And John Wilkes Booth was from Maryland.
I agree that Rob’s opinion about Lee was really disappointing and displayed a shocking lack of knowledge. I think Rob in hilarious, and I like his sunny optimism. But on this point, he is way off base. The best biography of Lee is Charles Bracelon Flood’s “Lee: the Last Years”. Granted, it is not a biography of his whole life, but just the period after the war. But it demonstrates the remarkable integrity of the man, and how important a role he played in healing the wounds of the nation after the war.