There are definitely still some great unexplained mysteries out there, and one of them is why anyone would think Ross Douthat is worth listening to about anything. Why is it people who are constantly wrong about everything are still treated like this?
The Douthat family, transforming being wrong into a career for too damn many years.
The best argument against god is the fact that Douthat still has a job.
Is he one of those reactionary people who happens knowing how to use cutlery and napkins? I think this kind of public figure is loved by the press, as opposed to people like Joe Rogan or Alex Jones.
I went to read a little more about Mr. Douthat. It seems that the author of this review likes to engage in conversations with those who think differently than him. But unfortunately, this cordial and courteous behavior seems a little unproductive in these days. It’s like those people who still use Twitter, hoping to rescue some soul from that strange digital purgatory.
Our (in case my) pride sometimes doesn’t allow us to see that we could be wrong and whoever disagrees with us could be right. But that doesn’t seem to be the case with the article. I think that before posting here, I will research more about who is being reviewed. As a foreigner, references to other societies often escape me and it can cause some misunderstanding.
That’s fair. So here is the warning sign for you to recognize: “Times columnist Ross Douthat”. The New York Times editorials are full of people who exist only to pretend reactionary stupidity is somehow intellectual.
David Brooks and Thomas Friedman have simultaneously entered the chat
Ah. We have the equivalent version here in the major newspapers from São Paulo. We’ve had cases of editorials against the government with something like “Lula didn’t commit any crime or break any rules when he did such a thing, but it’s very wrong and he’s ugly, stupid and has a pumpkin face.” Of course I exaggerated, but the idea is just like that.
You know what I’m sick of? Dipshits believing that they need to tell the rest of us how to be in this world.
For real…
The one thing I know for sure about religious or non-religious beliefs is that nobody has ever put any thought into them, nobody has any real reasons for believing what they do, so if some guy decides to give them a couple minutes of superficial thought and writes out what he came up with then we should definitely all forget everything and listen to that invaluable wisdom. 
I would not impugn the character of Mr Douthat. He is undoubtably an honourable man.
His arguments often come down to questions of civility, and how there should be more of it in the world.
And it’s not that he supports fascism, it’s just that he keeps coming around to why it’s a bad thing that we aren’t more considerate of the feelings of Nazis and Confederates. And it’s not that he’s antiSemitic, it’s just that he says there’s a problem with Cosmopolitan Elites who show no particular loyalty to any country and really control everything and it’s their own fault what happens to them really.
It’s not that he’s a fascist or a racist or an antisemite (it would, after all, be uncivil to accuse him of such), it’s just that his pieces always seem to support fascists and racists and antisemites.
But he himself is an honourable man.
Bret Stephens is locked in a toilet with a bedbug, so he’s AFK.
Yes. Why would anyone dou that?
St David’s Day today
‘Gwnewch y pethau bychain mewn bywyd’ - ‘Do the little things in life’
