Morning Jolt: The Left’s Response to Criticism: Vulgarity and Double Standards

Making the click-through worthwhile: The Washington Post prints an unjustifiable smear of Ben Shapiro, the Left continues to insist that any criticism of progressives is tantamount to inciting dangerous harassment, and an update on the future of the Cathedral of Notre Dame after Monday's fire.

Democracy Dies in Darkness, or Something

Before the embers had even cooled at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, and in fact while we were all still watching the church burn, far too many people decided to use the tragedy as an opportunity to score political points against their ideological opponents. One such malcontent was a woman named Talia Lavin, who published a piece in the Washington Post yesterday afternoon entitled "How the far right spread politically convenient lies about the Notre Dame fire," in which she included an obviously intentional mischaracterization of comments Ben Shapiro made about the cathedral as the fire raged.

From Lavin's piece:

Many figures on the right took the opportunity to turn Notre Dame into a metonym for Western civilization as a whole, intimating that far more than a cathedral ...

April 17 2019

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The Left's Response to Criticism: Vulgarity and Double Standards Alexandra DeSanctis Making the click-through worthwhile: The Washington Post prints an unjustifiable smear of Ben Shapiro, the Left continues to insist that any criticism of progressives is tantamount to inciting dangerous harassment, and an update on the future of the Cathedral of Notre Dame after Monday's fire. Democracy Dies in Darkness, or Something Before the embers had even cooled at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, and in fact while we were all still watching the church burn, far too many people decided to use the tragedy as an opportunity to score political points against their ideological opponents. One such malcontent was a woman named Talia Lavin, who published a piece in the Washington Post yesterday afternoon entitled "How the far right spread politically convenient lies about the Notre Dame fire," in which she included an obviously intentional mischaracterization of comments Ben Shapiro made about the cathedral as the fire raged. From Lavin's piece: Many figures on the right took the opportunity to turn Notre Dame into a metonym for Western civilization as a whole, intimating that far more than a cathedral ... Read More ADVERTISEMENT Top Stories A Reckoning Is in Store for Democrats Conrad Black With the collapse of the 'Russian collusion' nonsense, the Democrats are left to face the fact that they have no good candidates. Pete Buttigieg's Abortion Extremism Hurts His Religious Appeal David French He has zero appeal to religious conservatives because he holds to the Democratic party line on the right to kill viable, living unborn babies. Barr Blocks Some Asylum Seekers From Release on Bond Mairead McArdle "I conclude that such aliens remain ineligible for bond, whether they are arriving at the border or are apprehended in the United States," Barr wrote. ADVERTISEMENT Incremental Health-Care Reform Is a Smarter Bet than Obamacare Repeal for the GOP Alex Muresianu Pursuing incremental reforms that improve care and make it affordable without throwing the health-care system into uncertainty and chaos is in the GOP's best interest and the country's. Defend the American Experiment by Protecting the Constitution James L. Buckley The Framers recognized that, in the last analysis, the Constitution's safeguards would be protected only as long as the public continued to understand and respect them. Just Andy Marshall Jerry Hendrix Combining aspects of economics, history, organizational behavior, business management theory, and grand strategy with his strong respect for the sciences, Marshall sought a better way to measure the relative power of opposing nations. Fear of a Nonwhite America Robert VerBruggen Mass immigration poses real difficulties, but in America there's little sign that these problems are reaching any sort of white-backlash crisis point. Stacey Abrams Equates Abortion Restrictions with 'Forced Pregnancy' Jack Crowe Stacey Abrams suggested in a recent interview that bills placing various restrictions on access to late-term abortion should be referred to as "forced pregnancy bills." ADVERTISEMENT JOIN NRPLUS All Our Content. Fewer Ads. Members-Only Privileges. NRPLUS is everything you would associate with a digital magazine subscription, and a whole lot more ─ including up to 90% fewer on-site ads, access to our private Facebook group, full commenting privileges, and invites to our writer/editor conference calls. SAVE 30% TODAY Photo Essays Defending America Apollo 16 ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.