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Douglas Carpenter

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17. rather shocking isn't it. I mean all these liberal luminaries working on a magazine with someone
Sat Dec 6, 2014, 07:29 AM
Dec 2014

more openly and overtly racist than the vast majority of tea-party Republicans would dare be - at least in public.

... Dont call me Shirley Dec 2014 #1
Boy, the fact that you guys didn't resign under Peretz jeff47 Dec 2014 #2
…and so why don't you elucidate why these individuals PCIntern Dec 2014 #5
whether or not they should have resigned under Peretz --- he may have been slightly less racist than Douglas Carpenter Dec 2014 #6
Wow. Stunned. n/t SylviaD Dec 2014 #10
rather shocking isn't it. I mean all these liberal luminaries working on a magazine with someone Douglas Carpenter Dec 2014 #17
It's disgusting. n/t SylviaD Dec 2014 #19
Thank you. Nt PCIntern Dec 2014 #12
That is pretty rich coming from vox. AngryAmish Dec 2014 #18
Stunning. And utterly devastating. nt RiverLover Dec 2014 #3
As soon as they took it over, I knew this would happen. n/t Triana Dec 2014 #4
Yep SickOfTheOnePct Dec 2014 #11
Good journalism continues to freefall in America Oilwellian Dec 2014 #7
*Reagan Democrat HQ* is gonna move further right? they're gonna be even *more* Eustonite? MisterP Dec 2014 #8
How convenient... nikto Dec 2014 #9
I've always found the New Republic to be fairly right-wing for a supposedly "liberal" magazine. Spider Jerusalem Dec 2014 #13
it went that way under Marty Peretz - pre-Paretz its politics were fairly similar to the Nation Douglas Carpenter Dec 2014 #14
Peretz took over in 1974 Spider Jerusalem Dec 2014 #15
well yes - that's true - I started reading it when I was high school - 70-73 and it was still quite Douglas Carpenter Dec 2014 #16
I think this is important enough for one self-indulgent kick Douglas Carpenter Dec 2014 #20
Boy, do I hate tech company assholes. alarimer Dec 2014 #21
deserves another kick, I think Douglas Carpenter Dec 2014 #22
The DLC of magazines Arugula Latte Dec 2014 #23
i'm not sure I would say that - I think that under Peretz its tone was more New Deal liberal but Douglas Carpenter Dec 2014 #24
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