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Perhaps you're failing to vibe with Bin Laden and feeling a bit behind the times. Then again, you could be a sane person with a moral compass. James, Charles and Steve cover this and more with Noah Rothman, author of The Rise of the New Puritans: Fighting Back Against Progressives' War on Fun. Aside from his anti-Osama stance, Noah takes us through the relevant considerations about America's interests abroad, the nearly abandoned project to promote democracy and the modern world's Western neurotic, who's always clamoring for a club to beat their own civilization with.
The hosts also think through anti-Israel influencers on the right — edgelords or something sinister? — and worry that the U.S. is picking a most inopportune time to be frivolous.
- Sound clip from this week's open is a TikToker's response to "A Letter to America"
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I *love* this graphic.
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Noah Rothman has been wrong on every foreign policy decision for decades. Why do you choose to platform him? Pass.
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Now I'm interested in Rothman.
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"seems to equate blood and religion with an intellectual stance"
Hmmm. Religion and intellectual stance have huge overlap, so the parallel with blood seems faulty in this context. Blood not so much.
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