Comments on: Right Is The New Left https://www.isegoria.net/2014/04/right-is-the-new-left/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Wed, 27 May 2026 16:29:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Toddy Cat https://www.isegoria.net/2014/04/right-is-the-new-left/comment-page-1/#comment-1224710 Toddy Cat Thu, 01 May 2014 13:46:30 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=34947#comment-1224710 I wonder if Scott Alexander realizes he just admitted his total intellectual bankruptcy in this post? No news to those of us who have had the misfortune to read him, but still…

]]> By: James https://www.isegoria.net/2014/04/right-is-the-new-left/comment-page-1/#comment-1224559 James Thu, 01 May 2014 11:03:21 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=34947#comment-1224559 Like how my tenured college professors ten years ago were so confused that I took their admonition to “rebel against the establishment” as an invitation to debate their leftism?

Can’t we just watch PCU again?

]]> By: Aretae https://www.isegoria.net/2014/04/right-is-the-new-left/comment-page-1/#comment-1223951 Aretae Thu, 01 May 2014 00:47:05 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=34947#comment-1223951 I made that argument to my dad the liberal about 10 years ago. In a lot fewer words — and not written as well.

There were a lot of useful insights to be gleaned on the left back when the conservatives owned the world. The position has changed.

]]> By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2014/04/right-is-the-new-left/comment-page-1/#comment-1223560 Isegoria Wed, 30 Apr 2014 19:30:09 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=34947#comment-1223560 Sconzey, thanks for the heads-up about your comments. They weren’t in the moderation queue; they were in the spam folder! (Only the two with your website listed as demonstratum.com got filtered out, it looks like.)

]]> By: Sconzey https://www.isegoria.net/2014/04/right-is-the-new-left/comment-page-1/#comment-1223553 Sconzey Wed, 30 Apr 2014 19:24:05 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=34947#comment-1223553 Did Scott Alexander even read that link? I don’t think it shows quite what he thinks it does…

Also: my comments keep disappearing into the aether. Am I getting put into a moderation queue?

]]> By: Alrenous https://www.isegoria.net/2014/04/right-is-the-new-left/comment-page-1/#comment-1223535 Alrenous Wed, 30 Apr 2014 19:07:43 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=34947#comment-1223535 Reading Alexander reminds me of something I need to be reminded of. Pretending to be dispassionate is not productive of scholarship. If I’m not dispassionate, rather than striving for the ideal, I should just be open about it.

]]> By: Sconzey https://www.isegoria.net/2014/04/right-is-the-new-left/comment-page-1/#comment-1223521 Sconzey Wed, 30 Apr 2014 18:55:22 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=34947#comment-1223521 Shit the bed, Scott Alexander! You mean most of democratic politics is just exosemantic gang signs!?

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