A Profile of Claire Lehmann of Quillette

Re:A Profile of Claire Lehmann of Quillette by m52go on Sunday November 11, 2018 @07:00PM (#18429559)

Which conservative outlets would you say are similar to Quillette? I've been reading it for a while and consider it a fair bit more thoughtful than other outlets, even if it skews conservative.

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Re:A Profile of Claire Lehmann of Quillette by mancerayder on Sunday November 11, 2018 @07:17PM (#18429636)

I think people sometimes (especially on the identitarian Left) equate questioning the Left as automatically being on the "Other Team." I'm on the same Team and I think self-criticism is important to avoid turning into dogmatic robots, and dangerous ones at that.

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Re:A Profile of Claire Lehmann of Quillette by stcredzero on Sunday November 11, 2018 @11:02PM (#18430507)

I think people sometimes (especially on the identitarian Left) equate questioning the Left as automatically being on the "Other Team."

When people reach the point that merely asking questions marks you as "the enemy," it's precisely those people who constitute the greatest danger. For one thing, it indicates that 1) they aren't interested in dissent, nuance, or their own fallibility and 2) they think they have enough power to behave in such an authoritarian fashion.

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Re:A Profile of Claire Lehmann of Quillette by spamizbad on Sunday November 11, 2018 @07:18PM (#18429641)

I feel like Quillette is what The Weekly Standard would be like in a world where evangelical Christianity, AM talk Radio and Fox News never grabbed hold of the conservative psyche.

Also I agree with the OP: the vast majority of its takes wouldn’t be out of place in mainstream conservative political media, but they’re a bit more highbrow and less clickbaity, and have less of a “triggering the libs” vibe to have mainstream penetration.

(Disclaimer: I’m a lefty)

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