> I suppose "consider the source" is at play here. From what I can tell, this site is nothing but the blogosphere version of some garbage neocon beltway think t

> I suppose "consider the source" is at play here. From what I can tell, this site is nothing but the blogosphere version of some garbage neocon beltway think tank. Thomas Chatterton Williams writes for New York Times Magazine and is (or I suppose now _was_, as either he has moved or his detractors will disown him) well known as on the left, as he writes at the beginning of the article. Maybe you think it’s beyond the pale for left wingers to consider the viewpoints of others outside of their “tribe” as having some merit but this “garbage neocon beltway think tank” appears to be _liberal_ enough to do the same as the writer. The prevalence of the _you’re either with us or you’re against us_ attitude is why he was one of the signatories (and writer of an early draft) of the “Letter on Justice and Open Debate“[0] in Harper’s. As the letter states: > We need to preserve the possibility of good-faith disagreement without dire professional consequences. [0] https://harpers.org/a-letter-on-justice-and-open-debate/ https://harpers.org/a-letter-on-justice-and-open-debate/