Thank you, Adam Rubenstein, for your work at the Times and for going through what you did, allowing for the birth of new and freer thought. I think most of us, mid-end of the 2010's, were still just stunned at the pace of the craziness. Thanks for taking the heat. I have to ask, though -- what's with the lead photo? It seems to be 1970's, with riot police chasing some dude in a city park? No caption of use anyway. Is it supposed to represent some vague idea of "looting and violence"? Huh. Do better...
1) C.S. Lewis books: a) The Abolition of Man, b) Mere Christianity, c)That Hideous Strength.
2) Worldview differences made simple: Traditional/Christian: Created in the image of God, for His purposes; we are alive at His pleasure with a) limits He defines, b) obligations He defines, and c) ends (telos) that He has determined.
3) Worldview differences: New/Englightenment/Nietzschean (no god/we replace god): a) no limits, b) no obligations, c) no end (telos) other than what each decides for self.
Quick summary: #3) sounds great at the front end... then becomes a nightmare as each individual "curator" turns all other "curators" into transactionable material for use in the "me" curation.
I’m not sure why people keep looking to the New York Times as any kind of a serious news source. They have long abandoned that part of their mission. Let them talk to their own echo chamber and let the rest of us move on. They’re absurd, mostly incorrect on any topic, and really not worth talking about anymore.
The Luxury Crimes at the "New York Times" piece took me back in time. "Steal this Book" by Abbie Hoffman, Bernadine Dohrn, Donald DeFreeze, The Weather Underground, The Baader Meinhof Gang, Jim Jones and all sorts of other craziness from a bygone era. We even have the Iran crisis of today and the Iran hostage crisis of that era to complete the the similarity to the bygone era.
Today, there seems to me a frightening difference. A major newspaper and a major political party are beginning to endorse this kind of thinking. Bernadine Dohrn and Donald DeFreeze were characterized as criminals by both that same newspaper and political party in those days, today not so much. Luigi Mangione is seen as a hero now in some circles.
Where is the threat to democracy really coming from?
The threat to democracy is usually by those from the extremes. The Far Left and Far Right are two sides of the same coin. Both want to take away from democracy. Its too easy to point at one side while ignoring the log in your eye. Both are equally bad for the country.
Rubenstein recounted his defenestration from the NYT in The Atlantic of all places. Almost as sad as the event itself. I hope he really does like Chick-fil-A.
I'm shocked that anyone else could be shocked by something in the NYT.
I am at a loss at what happened at The Atlantic as well. They lost their minds after 10/7 and just started writing nonsense that felt like they were desperate to run with what was popular but not sensible. I was a long time subscriber but had enough and now my money goes to the FP.
If you don't believe in objective morality, then crimes are no big deal if you think the victims deserve it. Only a generation ago, it would have gone without saying in this country that theft is immoral (to speak nothing of cold-blooded murder of a CEO).
I've said it before, and I will say it again. The NYT is daily proof that liberals are degenerates and should be removed from society so that decent people don't need to be exposed to them.
Anyone else as shocked and disgusted as I am that the NYT considers it ok to normalize including Hasan Piker and his opinions in their consortium of "journalists"?? Who next on NYT panels, Candace Owens?!?
Thank you, Adam Rubenstein, for your work at the Times and for going through what you did, allowing for the birth of new and freer thought. I think most of us, mid-end of the 2010's, were still just stunned at the pace of the craziness. Thanks for taking the heat. I have to ask, though -- what's with the lead photo? It seems to be 1970's, with riot police chasing some dude in a city park? No caption of use anyway. Is it supposed to represent some vague idea of "looting and violence"? Huh. Do better...
1) C.S. Lewis books: a) The Abolition of Man, b) Mere Christianity, c)That Hideous Strength.
2) Worldview differences made simple: Traditional/Christian: Created in the image of God, for His purposes; we are alive at His pleasure with a) limits He defines, b) obligations He defines, and c) ends (telos) that He has determined.
3) Worldview differences: New/Englightenment/Nietzschean (no god/we replace god): a) no limits, b) no obligations, c) no end (telos) other than what each decides for self.
Quick summary: #3) sounds great at the front end... then becomes a nightmare as each individual "curator" turns all other "curators" into transactionable material for use in the "me" curation.
Are there no more grownups left at the NYTs? It is very tragic that a once revered newspaper has become a farce.
How should, could one name them, Pravda, Izvestia, Tass?
I’m not sure why people keep looking to the New York Times as any kind of a serious news source. They have long abandoned that part of their mission. Let them talk to their own echo chamber and let the rest of us move on. They’re absurd, mostly incorrect on any topic, and really not worth talking about anymore.
The Luxury Crimes at the "New York Times" piece took me back in time. "Steal this Book" by Abbie Hoffman, Bernadine Dohrn, Donald DeFreeze, The Weather Underground, The Baader Meinhof Gang, Jim Jones and all sorts of other craziness from a bygone era. We even have the Iran crisis of today and the Iran hostage crisis of that era to complete the the similarity to the bygone era.
Today, there seems to me a frightening difference. A major newspaper and a major political party are beginning to endorse this kind of thinking. Bernadine Dohrn and Donald DeFreeze were characterized as criminals by both that same newspaper and political party in those days, today not so much. Luigi Mangione is seen as a hero now in some circles.
Where is the threat to democracy really coming from?
The threat to democracy is usually by those from the extremes. The Far Left and Far Right are two sides of the same coin. Both want to take away from democracy. Its too easy to point at one side while ignoring the log in your eye. Both are equally bad for the country.
"equally"? Let's actually measure that.
We all know the answer to that last question. It’s the ones screaming about it all the time.
Petty crimes committed by petty people. Piker and others-talk is cheap. Live your values.
Rubenstein recounted his defenestration from the NYT in The Atlantic of all places. Almost as sad as the event itself. I hope he really does like Chick-fil-A.
I'm shocked that anyone else could be shocked by something in the NYT.
I am at a loss at what happened at The Atlantic as well. They lost their minds after 10/7 and just started writing nonsense that felt like they were desperate to run with what was popular but not sensible. I was a long time subscriber but had enough and now my money goes to the FP.
If you don't believe in objective morality, then crimes are no big deal if you think the victims deserve it. Only a generation ago, it would have gone without saying in this country that theft is immoral (to speak nothing of cold-blooded murder of a CEO).
For moral inversion read Steinbeck’s The Winter of Our Discontent.
The piece on the NYT is sad. For as much history as I have read, I am still surprised that nations and companies follow the cycle of life. 😢😔😞☹️
I would love to be able to cancel The New York Times and sign with The Free Press every day.
You can cancel anytime you like
I've said it before, and I will say it again. The NYT is daily proof that liberals are degenerates and should be removed from society so that decent people don't need to be exposed to them.
Anyone else as shocked and disgusted as I am that the NYT considers it ok to normalize including Hasan Piker and his opinions in their consortium of "journalists"?? Who next on NYT panels, Candace Owens?!?
Putin wrote an op-ed in the NYT, so why not?
Pravda!