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22 years ago, TE was brave, because at that time transgression against middle class values was a big part of the elite they represented. The cultural obligation
by motohagiography 8y ago
22 years ago, TE was brave, because at that time transgression against middle class values was a big part of the elite they represented. The cultural obligation for the privileged to voice principled dissent is no longer a thing. We buried it with Christopher Hitchens.
TE is a group of editors who assign to a large pool of contributors, many of whom are freelancers. Not unlike the controversy journal, which will also publish third party material without direct individual attribution.
I would argue the controversy journal allowing pseudonyms for writers is exactly the same as non-bylined articles.
Of the values of the last decade that are now held above public criticism, I doubt TE has issued a compelling challenge to any of them, discretion being the better part of valour these days.