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Smart progressives like Christy, Eric Martin, and Steve Benen are overthinking Richard Perle’s insistence that neoconservative foreign policy doesn’t exist. This is all a childish ruse to get a rise out of people — Perle says something obviously untrue; his ideological opponents Google madly to prove him wrong; Perle wins by the number of chains yanked. Steve sees the game at work here and recommends ridiculing Perle. Let me go a step further: just don’t bother with the man. Neoconservatism after Iraq is communism after the end of the Soviet Union. Treat Perle like you treat the men in colorful robes who stand in front of the subway claiming to be the lost tribe of Israel, because he’s just as foolish and conspiracy-minded. Avoid eye contact, shuffle awkwardly to your destination and put him out of your mind.
Crossposted to The Streak.
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Shorter Spencer: Don’t feed the troll.
And keep a good grip on the can of Mace in your coat pocket…
mikey
Mr Tact
Yes, everyone stopped worrying about the KGB-types with authoritarian tendencies after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and Russia is a thriving democracy to this day despite this lack of vigilance.
Remember, the price of liberty is eternal snarky disregard.
People probably said the same thing about Cheney and Rumsfeld shortly after Ford left office, and look where that got the world.
Continued mockery, derision, thrown crockery, pantsing, pointing and laughing — shunning works too. We must ALWAYS remember who these fools are.
Their continued careers count on us forgetting. Let’s not.
In a supremely cool match up….
McNulty vs The Punisher
First 20mins aren’t bad for a comic book movie.