Carrying On From Last Night

[poliphilo]

It feels as though all the energy has drained from the left while the right is buzzing.

After she interviewed the sparking young alt-right guy- Milo Yiannopoulos- on Channel 4 News last night, Cathy Newman turned to a young lefty activist. Where Milo was all ideas, ideas, ideas the lefty woman began her statement, "Um, I mean..." and the rest was similarly flaccid. One side has the wit and daring and the other has the jargon. It's no contest.

The left has occupied the intellectual and cultural high ground for a long time now and has grown lazy. Its wisdom is the received wisdom- a set of unexamined doctrines- passed as a package from brain to brain. It despises the opposition and no longer expects to be attacked by smart people- and when that happens it is totally unprepared.

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[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

On the other hand Newman was giving Yiannopoulos a hard time and was mostly agreeing with the other interviewee.

[puddleshark.livejournal.com]

I stopped listening to political debate on the radio because I couldn't bear how confrontational it always was - but if you can't even get your answers across to a gentle questioner... That's not so good.

Maybe you're right. The flame has gone out. The next generation'll have to relight it.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Cathy Newman was getting angry with Milo and talking over him. That's bad interviewing. I wanted to hear what he had to say and she was drowning him out.