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Aug 28, 2019 4 tweets 1 min read Read on X
cuts to the heart: bret comfortably belongs to the widening contingent of vapid pseudo-intellectuals whose value is derived solely from seeing their name on a byline while professing a token desire for freedom of speech but actually advocating freedom from criticism
here’s what will really get you about the whole bret stephens episode - do you honestly believe this is the first time he’s emailed somebody’s boss while brandishing his lofty job title
if not then the question becomes how many random critical people did he squelch in his quest to live an Internet life free of all criticism?
what stephens did is not in the same orbit as sexual harassment or assault but it stems from the same fountain: a bunch of entitled fuckin assholes using their perch to indulge their basest needs and take what they want from people who lack the means to fight back

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