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The American Mind

The Claremont Institute

Philosophy, Declarationofindependence, Founding, Politics, Conservative, Limitedgovernment, Society & Culture, News, Constitution, Claremontinstitute

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🗓️ 13 July 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Moms for Liberty has drawn online ire by quoting Hitler in a newsletter as an attempt to raise the alarm about school indoctrination. But is apology the right way to go when there's no forgiveness on offer? Even private messages can lead to public scapegoating, raising the question whether there's any such thing as private thoughts anymore. Plus: Mark Zuckerberg has created a Twitter clone, causing everyone to wonder if Zuck’s model will be viable going forward, and where we’re likely going. Finally as ever, the editors issue reading recommendations so you'll read the damn site.

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0:00.0	coming up on this episode of The Round Table.
0:03.0	One does not simply screenshot and post or sell or shop private chats.
0:11.6	It simply must not be done.
0:13.4	Once you cross that Rubicon, you have done something that transcends Machi
0:20.6	Valianism that transcends opportunism that crosses over I for one, we'll say, into the demonic.
0:32.1	This is really bad stuff.
0:33.6	This is like a secret police wet dream material.
0:39.0	And once you cross that Rubicon, there is no going back.
0:50.6	Hello, and welcome once again to The Round Table, your weekly publishers and editors
1:10.8	podcast here at The American Mind.
1:13.2	I'm your host, Spencer Klaven, features editor of The American Mind, an associate editor
1:17.8	of the Claremont Review of Books.
1:20.0	I'm joined today by editor James Plus and managing editor Seth Baron.
1:28.6	First thing on the agenda to talk about today is the terrifying, new friend, the shadow
1:37.3	sweeping across the nation, the rise of fascism right here in the US.
1:43.1	You didn't think it could happen, but oh, yes, it can.
1:46.8	Not only are people lifting weights and trying to live healthily, sure sign of far right
1:54.0	extremism, they are also gathering together in local communities and protesting the display
2:02.2	of sexually explicit materials in elementary schools, like the fascists they are.
2:07.4	I'm talking of course about moms for liberty.
2:11.0	This is a nationwide organization nonprofit that started during the pandemic, 2021, they
2:18.5	kind of started getting together initially to end or lobby to end school closures.
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