where is the panic though? this is just an op-ed. there's not even any strong language in it. the panic you are seeing is a projection, because you are the one who is panicking.
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1. The whole thing is intended to refute an idea that is not widespread nor of any particular importance (a few fluffy quotes from critic reviews don't make a zeitgeist)
2. The smoking gun evidence of plotting changes between 1 and 2 is weak.
3. Even if they did change the plot between 1 and 2 that wouldn't prove they didn't have a plan going on. Sometimes things change, and "master plans" are not etched in stone
"I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to my death your right to mislead people with fake reviews"
Arendt famously described Eichmann as "neither perverted nor sadistic... terrifyingly normal." Now, my understanding is that modern scholarship has repudiated this view. Eichmann, they now believe, was indeed a malicious and violent anti-semite, and Arendt was bamboozled by a cunning liar at his trial.
This very well may be true, but it certainly does not make Arendt a Nazi apologist. The quoted passage was condemnatory in the extreme. It was written (as an article for the New Yorker) in Arendt's detached and ironic style, but certainly it was not an excuse or apology for Nazi functionaries.
Some excerpts: "Crucially, despite my mental state at the time, I knew when I sent those tweets that they were untrue. I am responsible for having made those false allegations, and that makes me a liar, it makes me guilty of slander, and it makes me someone who undermined the profound seriousness of rape allegations."
". I have abandoned all social media permanently. I have stopped freelance writing. I have in general tried to permanently remove myself from online life and from the world of political writing in which Malcolm resides and I once resided. These changes are not attempts to make up for what I’ve done, really; they are just matters of self-preservation as I try to build a life where I do not cause harm to people anymore. I have fully committed to constant treatment, and I have fully committed to going away. I am so profoundly sorry"
I remember reading this at the time and feeling the pain through the screen. He seemed genuinely ashamed.
Here's Freddie's more recent explanation for why he tried to remove his apology from the internet: https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/statement
He says he doesn't care if we find it on the wayback machine, but someone had to go out of their way to exclude it (https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://fredrikdeboer.com/2018...)
Here's Harris' contemporaneous reaction: https://twitter.com/bigmeaninternet/status/10471296316970475...
My feeling is that the initial apology has been undermined by a) trying to memory hole it and b) writing all these blog posts quasi-defending himself. Would be nice if Freddie and his IDW friends displayed such forbearance and grace for the college students and journalists they make their living attacking. Perhaps those people are going through some mental issues as well.
The good news is, Freddie seems to be doing better than ever. He got a fat advance from Substack and even just had an op-ed published in the liberal New York Times.
But that's not what happened. IVM (like HCQ before it) is a prop, a cudgel, a red herring in the ongoing and well-funded political project to undermine faith in government and polarize the electorate
I had this app for at least a year before Google Maps released similar functionality. I still use it occasionally as the UX is better if you already know what bus stop you want to use.
* hire and manage a staging company
* hire and manage a photographer
* print and distribute printouts
* hire and manage cleaner, landscaper, other various people to get the house ready and appealing
* use personal network to get the word out to other agents
I could have done most of this on my own, but I'd be cold calling random contracters. My agent had relationships, got the work done fast and at good price. Also I'm convinced all their work added at least 20% to final selling price. Maybe more.
It only takes 51 votes to change the filibuster rules, but at least 2 Democratic Senators oppose that, so we're kind of stuck.
I wrote it because I wanted to make my dad (a huge nyt crossword fan) a custom crossword for his birthday. I put in a bunch of phrases related to him and our family and let the program fill in the rest. It was a huge hit, never really went back to it though. Anyone know if anything else like this exists?