I think this piece is entirely incorrect, but it's worse than just wrong—it operates from that impossibly obnoxious posture of wistful pity over the Sad and Tragic Fate of David French when it's the author who is unwittingly documenting her own descent.
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It takes a remarkable blinkeredness to include a defense of Trump's Charlottesville apologia in a post about MY WAYWARD BROTHER DAVID FRENCH
It's absurd on its face to treat Drag Queen Story Hour as the threshold of licentious depravity.
"If French is willing to uphold the constitutional norm that allows drag queens to read stories in public libraries THERE IS NO END TO THE MORAL HORRORS HE WILL ENDORSE!!!!"
Counterpoint: it is absolutely possible—normal even—to enjoy Game of Thrones but think Trump is obscenely evil. In fact, it's a mark of a judicious capacity to discriminate between dissimilar things.
This framing is hugely clarifying—its author uses it to signal she is fundamentally unbothered by the penetration of Trumpism into our political culture. My view, by contrast, is we should adopt a posture of permanent revulsion toward Trump. Good to have our cards on the table.
Oh my God. Someone just sent me this one from yesterday. Do I even want to look?
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These people are literally insane
I ASK YOU, INQUISITIVE STUDENTS OF THE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE, WHAT IS STOPPING DAVID LUCIFER FRENCH FROM CALLING FOR OUR EXECUTIONS???
I feel like I should clarify that my “these people are insane” comment was about Claremont chuds. I absolutely believe Esther is sharp and capable and that she simply gets this one quite wrong.
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