"The name of Poet was almost forgotten; that of Orator was usurped by the sophists. A cloud of critics, of compilers, of commentators, darkened the face of learning, and the decline of genius was soon followed by the corruption of taste.” - Edward Gibbon
@DavidAFrench True enough but where on earth is the decent alternative? You’re telling me it was Kamala Harris or a senile Joe Biden? This is foolishness.
@JonahDispatch@senatorshoshana Hmmm. We still aren’t 100% certain who Brutus, the anti-federalist was. The Federalist was published entirely under pseudonyms, which were all the rage in the pamphleteering days. It’s an interesting discussion.
@CurtisHouck She’s a liar and I’m sort of dumbfounded that the media are suddenly calling Democrats out on these lies, reluctantly as they sound to be doing it.
@Crazyflix94 @MargoMartin47 This would be legitimate criticism if she hadn’t been part of an administration that targeted private individuals and tried to get them deplatformed from social media. It’s the identical tactic except those folks didn’t have the money and notoriety of Kimmel.
@MeghanMcCain What’s going on is that RFK fired all the doctors and hired a bunch of people who will tell him what he wants to hear. This is Maoist political strategy.
@whoknows197563@JamesSurowiecki In fact that is false and there are some examples of what this fake post pretends to be in reality. Which is why it’s so nefarious.
@HOLLYTHEFIRST@charlescwcooke Yes, I forgot the constitutional stipulation that says “Presidential powers extend as far as lady who yells on X in ALL CAPS says it does.”
@LauraLoomer “Dismantle the left.” “Shut the left down.”
What could this possibly mean? There is no power within a republican government to forcibly silence a faction you don’t like. That power is tyranny.
And should you find such a power, so will those you hate.