{"id":4615,"date":"2018-04-09T15:08:56","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T15:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2018\/04\/09\/kevin-williamson-and-john-derbyshire\/"},"modified":"2018-04-09T15:08:56","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T15:08:56","slug":"kevin-williamson-and-john-derbyshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2018\/04\/09\/kevin-williamson-and-john-derbyshire\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Williamson and John Derbyshire"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Atlantic<\/em>'s firing of Kevin Williamson elicited howls of protest from National Review<\/em> writers. But then I remembered Derbyshire's Defenestration<\/a> of a few years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n

Methinks there should be less howling and more examination of conscience among the boy-tie boys.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Left is inimical to free speech and open inquiry. They are deeply and diversely destructive as I document on a daily basis. The pushback of establishment conservatives, however, is a weak and timorous thing.<\/span><\/p>\n

But who can blame them? They have a good thing going and they are eager to protect their privileges and perquisites. They want to be liked and they want to be respected.  So they self-censor. They need to be more manly and martial and less conciliatory.  <\/span><\/p>\n

But courage is the hardest of the virtues<\/a>. Its display can cost you your friends, your livelihood, and your life.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thinking about this, I guessed that others have engaged the topic in greater detail than I care to. I guessed right.  Here<\/a> is one such effort. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The Atlantic's firing of Kevin Williamson elicited howls of protest from National Review writers. But then I remembered Derbyshire's Defenestration of a few years ago. Methinks there should be less howling and more examination of conscience among the boy-tie boys. The Left is inimical to free speech and open inquiry. They are deeply and diversely … Continue reading “Kevin Williamson and John Derbyshire”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,231],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conservatism","category-free-speech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4615\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}