E45. Noah Rothman and the Myth of Social Justice

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🗓️ 22 August 2019

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Noah Rothman is an MSNBC and NBC New contributor, Associate Editor of Commentary Magazine, and author of the book Unjust: Social Justice and the Unmaking of America. He and Bridget have a fascinating conversation about the origins of the social justice movement, the fact that “social justice” as a term defies definition, the paradox of treating individuals unequally in order to achieve equality, and whether or not it’s just tribalism with a fancy name. They cover Noah’s early career in radio, how he got started as a writer, advice to writers seeking to make a career for themselves, dealing with imposter syndrome, and the ridiculousness of the office air conditioning sexism debate. They discuss the “outrage economy” cultural politics, bad faith interpretations of common idioms like “real man,” and how a self-destructive movement can do a lot of damage before it self-destructs. Full transcript available here: WiW45-NoahRothman-Transcript

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0:08.3	This is Walk-In's Welcome with Bridget Petacy.
0:10.9	I'm Bridget Petacy, I'm Bridget Petacy and you are welcome. You know the drill.
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0:35.0	This week sponsors are calm and net sweet.
0:38.6	This week we have Noah Rothman on the show.
0:41.3	Noah is an American editor, political commentator, and author.
0:45.2	He serves as the online editor of Commentary and he's the author of the 2019 book
0:50.1	Unjust, Social Justice, and the unmaking of America.
0:54.0	The conversation with Noah will stretch your brain, perhaps.
0:57.5	I know it certainly stretched mine.
0:59.7	He's incredibly intelligent and has an amazing amount of knowledge and
1:04.0	insight into the concept of social justice. I'm with Noah Rothman everyone.
1:09.2	Hello. Hi. Welcome to Watkins, welcome.
1:14.0	Thank you so much for having it.
1:16.0	Thanks for coming or well for joining me.
1:20.0	I know.
1:21.0	I'm going rogue.
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