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Randolph Carter's avatar

Sarah Isgur, John Podhoretz, Matt Welch (not on "the right" but a great advocate for the free speech and markets that Katie has now dismissed as silly and overrepresented twice), Reihan Salam... There are lots of options out there.

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John Dawson's avatar

David French, Jonah Goldberg, George Will

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Jackson's avatar

Fifth Column, in general, is a decent source.

I like French. Ross Douthat is thoughtful.

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TwKaR's avatar

Matt Welch seems principled.

Moynihan, and to a lesser extent Kmele, is so reflexively anti-Palestinian that he cannot imagine anyone connected to protests on their behalf isn't a ignorant, stupid, unwitting pawn of terrorists. And this shows in his lack of concern about Khalil's arrest: not so much that it isn't a violation of free speech as that he just doesn't care because of the target.

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Jackson's avatar

O didnтАЩt quite remember Moynihan that way. He definitely finds Khalil loathsome. But to be fair, I read up on the guy and his organization and theyтАЩre definitely a bunch of worthless shitbags.

I recalled him saying that despite that, he doesnтАЩt want to live in a country where speech is policed or political opinions are used to deny immigration or to deport anyone. Which is about where I stand on it as well.

But maybe IтАЩm misremembering.

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TwKaR's avatar

John Podhoretz on Khalil:

`by all means, Person who wants to define the word liberal, line up with a sympathizer of terrorism and a sower of disorder and chaos. That's really going to help....conservatism. It's almost like you're a double agent.'

`How about his aspirations to torment American Jewish students? May your film stock rot, or may your download be permanently corrupted.'

Doesn't strike me as thoughtful.

Matt Welch at least seems appropriately upset. I haven't listened to Sarah Isgur's latest on this topic so will reserve judgement. Reihan Salam is saying that Khalil was distributing terrorist propaganda? If so, unserious.

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