{"id":23485,"date":"2010-12-13T09:02:59","date_gmt":"2010-12-13T16:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=23485"},"modified":"2010-12-13T09:02:59","modified_gmt":"2010-12-13T16:02:59","slug":"ironic-performatives-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=23485","title":{"rendered":"Ironic performatives, #37"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jonah Goldberg: Hater<\/em><\/a>. At least, that’s what David Frum might label him, given Goldberg’s refusal to sign on to the “no labels” idea. <\/p>\n

Writes Goldberg:<\/p>\n

What no-labelers really mean is that they don\u2019t like inconvenient disagreements that hinder their agenda. And that\u2019s what is so troubling, indeed so undemocratic, about this claptrap. When they claim we need to put aside labels to do what\u2019s right, what they are really saying is you need to put aside what you believe in and do what they say. When activists say we need to move past the partisan divide, what they mean is: Shut up and get with my program. Have you ever heard anyone say, \u201cWe need to get past all of this partisan squabbling and name-calling. That\u2019s why I\u2019m going to abandon all my objections and agree with you\u201d? I haven\u2019t.<\/p>\n

No Labels says it\u2019s \u201cabout taking the politics out of problem-solving.\u201d It is amazing how cavalierly people say this sort of thing, as if it weren\u2019t the rationale behind pretty much every dictatorship since the dawn of man. Nearly once a week, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman gives voice to his full-blown man-crush on China\u2019s one-party dictatorship because \u2014 according to Friedman \u2014 the Chinese, unlike us, can implement \u201coptimal\u201d policies without getting bogged down in such distractions as elections, the rule of law, human rights, etc.<\/p>\n

Look: You can\u2019t take the politics out of problem-solving. Politics, even in China, is the art of problem-solving. People aiming to yank the politics out of government invariably end up removing the democracy instead.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

See? Hate<\/em>.<\/p>\n

He just made the list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jonah Goldberg: Hater. At least, that’s what David Frum might label him, given Goldberg’s refusal to sign on to the “no labels” idea. Writes Goldberg: What no-labelers really mean is that they don\u2019t like inconvenient disagreements that hinder their agenda. And that\u2019s what is so troubling, indeed so undemocratic, about this claptrap. When they claim we need to put aside labels to do what\u2019s right, what they are really saying<\/p>\n

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