Thread by @roddreher

Some of my friends think the NYT piece about the postliberal Right is a hit piece. I don't see it that way at all. Of course it's not favorable to us; the NYT never would be. And I take minor issue with the framing, e.g.,criticizing Soros is not necessarily antisemitic. But /more

I think the piece puts forth our ideas fairly, and correctly portrays us as enemies of the status quo. I tried my best to point out to the reporter that the Left has become both illiberal and hegemonic, and an illiberal Right is to be expected. The NYT and those who /more

regard it as holy writ are correct to see us as the enemy, *because that's how we see them*. Orban is so important because he is a rightist figure who understands the way the Left uses power, and is fighting back on their terms. Next time we get a right-of-center US govt /more

that it goes after these illiberal institutions (e.g., elite colleges, Woke Capitalism) hammer and tongs, to protect the unwoke who are being crushed by these illiberal lunatics. After what happened to Bari Weiss, I'm sure the reporter will be mobbed w/in the Times, /more

and condemned for giving heretics like us attention at all. I see this piece as a net positive for us. I expect that it will end up drawing ppl to the postliberal Right who wouldn't have considered it before. And it will make more conservatives sympathetic to Hungary. /end

OK, one more thing: I believe that aside from all the pearl-clutching and shrieking this piece is going to cause on the Left, it will end up exposing more conservatives to our views, to which they will rally. This piece alone guarantees that the NatCon meeting is the place to be.