Oh, I wasn't defending Chait.
Just pointing out that there is a real problem in the vicinity.
Chait's whining is, I think, no different from that of the hyper privileged hostility police he is complaining about.
Complete thread:
- A couple of notes on journalism stuff -
Mike (bart),
2015-01-29, 08:01
- Sullivan jumped the shark years ago - Jack, 2015-01-29, 13:14
- Yglesias joins the fray -
Mike (bart),
2015-01-29, 11:17
- For a guy who once said - Jim (fisherj08), 2015-01-29, 11:27
- It's a rather trenchant insight - HullieAndMikes, 2015-01-29, 11:26
- "Identity politics" -
IrishGuard,
2015-01-29, 11:26
- Not really. -
PMan,
2015-01-29, 15:07
- The thesis is Terry Eagleton's, who, - IrishGuard, 2015-01-29, 19:59
- Thomas Piketty and Greek voters probably disagree with that -
HullieAndMikes,
2015-01-29, 11:28
- I was talking more about the death of socialist left -
IrishGuard,
2015-01-29, 11:41
- The socialist left is still going strong, i think - Mike (bart), 2015-01-29, 11:48
- I was talking more about the death of socialist left -
IrishGuard,
2015-01-29, 11:41
- Not really. -
PMan,
2015-01-29, 15:07
- The problem is that Chait is right. -
Slainte Joe,
2015-01-29, 08:24
- What, exactly, is he right about? -
ndphilo,
2015-01-29, 09:06
- Frederik deBoer chimes in -
Mike (bart),
2015-01-29, 09:12
- My reply is going to be cranky again -
ndphilo,
2015-01-29, 09:28
- I think that guys lament was more strategic than -
Mike (bart),
2015-01-29, 09:43
- He seems unfamiliar with the history of protest movements - HullieAndMikes, 2015-01-29, 10:01
- Do we have to wait for Ezra Klein to "run the data"? -
Slainte Joe,
2015-01-29, 09:43
- Before you are going to convince me there is a serious -
ndphilo,
2015-01-29, 10:17
- Your point about the administrators is dead on -
Geoff,
2015-01-29, 12:52
- Yes, just look at who FSU hired as their new president. -
oviedoirish,
2015-01-30, 06:43
- Pretty sad article -
Geoff,
2015-01-30, 14:15
- I saw that. - oviedoirish, 2015-02-02, 05:59
- Pretty sad article -
Geoff,
2015-01-30, 14:15
- Yes, just look at who FSU hired as their new president. -
oviedoirish,
2015-01-30, 06:43
- I can give you one -
jcocktoaston,
2015-01-29, 10:58
- It's fair to say that was a controversial guy at the time. -
MattG,
2015-01-29, 14:23
- Indeed - jcocktoaston, 2015-01-29, 14:30
- I'm not sure what the example shows -
ndphilo,
2015-01-29, 11:12
- Thoughts -
jcocktoaston,
2015-01-29, 11:30
- I'm still not sure how the is PC "identity politics" or -
ndphilo,
2015-01-29, 13:28
- You requested examples - jcocktoaston, 2015-01-29, 14:24
- I'm still not sure how the is PC "identity politics" or -
ndphilo,
2015-01-29, 13:28
- Thoughts -
jcocktoaston,
2015-01-29, 11:30
- That would be a Bush-era appointee, right? -
Mike (bart),
2015-01-29, 11:01
- I would suggest a little of both but fair point - jcocktoaston, 2015-01-29, 11:02
- It's fair to say that was a controversial guy at the time. -
MattG,
2015-01-29, 14:23
- Well, there is this: -
professor,
2015-01-29, 10:43
- That highlights the weakness of Chait's examples, right? -
HullieAndMikes,
2015-01-29, 10:50
- Oh, I wasn't defending Chait. -
professor,
2015-01-29, 10:54
- Yeah but that is one of the problems w/ what Chait did - Mike (bart), 2015-01-29, 10:59
- Bad Anecdotes - Slainte Joe, 2015-01-29, 10:53
- Oh, I wasn't defending Chait. -
professor,
2015-01-29, 10:54
- That highlights the weakness of Chait's examples, right? -
HullieAndMikes,
2015-01-29, 10:50
- Your point about the administrators is dead on -
Geoff,
2015-01-29, 12:52
- I think it definitely warrants discussion - HullieAndMikes, 2015-01-29, 10:07
- Before you are going to convince me there is a serious -
ndphilo,
2015-01-29, 10:17
- I think that guys lament was more strategic than -
Mike (bart),
2015-01-29, 09:43
- My reply is going to be cranky again -
ndphilo,
2015-01-29, 09:28
- Frederik deBoer chimes in -
Mike (bart),
2015-01-29, 09:12
- Maybe. It's still a sloppy essay. -
Jim (fisherj08),
2015-01-29, 08:30
- Of course it's sloppy. It's Chait. - Slainte Joe, 2015-01-29, 09:24
- you forgot - Mike (bart), 2015-01-29, 08:31
- I think Chait is in the ballpark of having a point - Mike (bart), 2015-01-29, 08:30
- Occasionally he is in that essay - HullieAndMikes, 2015-01-29, 08:29
- What, exactly, is he right about? -
ndphilo,
2015-01-29, 09:06
- Sullivan already retired once -
HullieAndMikes,
2015-01-29, 08:17
- Mendacity? -
Albie,
2015-01-29, 09:04
- His only prevailing ethos is hero worship -
HullieAndMikes,
2015-01-29, 09:33
- They just put the essay up - Jim (fisherj08), 2015-01-29, 10:16
- His only prevailing ethos is hero worship -
HullieAndMikes,
2015-01-29, 09:33
- It sounds like he thinks so, too - Mike (bart), 2015-01-29, 08:24
- still big news -
Jay,
2015-01-29, 08:23
- Brian Cook - BPH, 2015-01-29, 09:07
- In terms of general awareness? Probably not -
HullieAndMikes,
2015-01-29, 08:28
- This is just wrong. -
Dylan,
2015-01-29, 10:43
- I was using a different standard -
HullieAndMikes,
2015-01-29, 10:48
- Well, they're different creatures -
Dylan,
2015-01-29, 10:56
- You are forgetting all the first-rate "reporting" Sully did - professor, 2015-01-29, 11:17
- That's one way of looking at it -
HullieAndMikes,
2015-01-29, 10:59
- I mean, in fairness - Mike (bart), 2015-01-29, 11:07
- Well, they're different creatures -
Dylan,
2015-01-29, 10:56
- I was using a different standard -
HullieAndMikes,
2015-01-29, 10:48
- How? -
MHB (Rakes of Mallow),
2015-01-29, 08:36
- Yes, I realized that after I typed it. - HullieAndMikes, 2015-01-29, 08:37
- This is just wrong. -
Dylan,
2015-01-29, 10:43
- Mendacity? -
Albie,
2015-01-29, 09:04
- Making fun of Jon Chait is always on topic here, right? -
Jim (fisherj08),
2015-01-29, 08:12
- Always - Mike (bart), 2015-01-29, 08:18