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Interview with Matt Johnson on Christopher Hitchens
Decoding the Gurus
The Role of Rhetoric in the Moderation Policy
I find this inconsistency of standards and extremely strong rhetoric over actual substance to be a really unfortunate thing, says Mediassan. I think one thing that struck Matt and I both when we were talking about it is that while there's an undeniable depth to Hitchens, he doesn't mind relying on rhetorical style arguments. It was like the way Taibi started up on his sub stack, but he didn't even know how to do it. If you're reading this now, or I decided to go on Mediassa’s show, just sort of read through your blog posts for any clues as to what may have been going on in those conversations. That was, yeah,
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