Matt Welch
Republicans are almost as white and male as every New Republic editor, ever
While we wait for Sam Tanenhaus’s “historical investigation” to be made available online, a quick Wikipedia investigation of the magazine’s 15 editors throughout its century of publishing reveals that each and every one–Herbert Croly, Bruce Bliven, Henry A. Wallace, Michael Straight, Gilbert A. Harrison, Marty Peretz, Michael Kinsley, Hendrik Hertzberg, Andrew Sullivan, Michael Kelly, Charles Lane, Peter Beinart, Franklin Foer, Richard Just, and Chris Hughes–was not just white, but white and male.
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You must be mistaken Matt, there isn’t any possibility that what you just stated is true /S
uncommon sense on February 8, 2013 at 9:23 PM
You wingnuts just don’t get it. Maybe they were all white males, but you can be sure they felt bad about it. And isn’t that what matters?
malclave on February 8, 2013 at 9:26 PM
Are you saying that white elitest guilt isn’t some made up fiction?
uncommon sense on February 8, 2013 at 9:28 PM
I know an Indonesian dude from college who wrote one article for the TNR about being deported. Other than that, a bunch of upper-middle-class white guys.
steebo77 on February 8, 2013 at 9:30 PM
Hey Just F*cking Koo-koo and Yellow, why don’t you rag on these liberals for their lies and cowardice concerning race? Professional courtesy perhaps?
MelonCollie on February 8, 2013 at 9:55 PM
Absolutely. It’s even covered by Obamacare. Prescribed treatment is regular doses of Government Kickbacks.
malclave on February 8, 2013 at 9:58 PM
It is indeed a manufactured sterotype created to give you a reason to think you matter………….enjoy!
dmann on February 8, 2013 at 10:03 PM
The white, elitist even have a name of their own for it: noblesse oblige.
steebo77 on February 8, 2013 at 10:08 PM
And this is a problem, how?
MustLoveBlogs on February 8, 2013 at 10:29 PM
Please do not associate the honorable code of noblesse oblige(in layman’s terms, With Great Power Comes Great Responsiblity) with the callow self-hatred of the left.
thebrokenrattle on February 8, 2013 at 10:58 PM
Co-opted, to be sure, but that is what the limousine “liberals” call it up around Boston.
steebo77 on February 8, 2013 at 11:04 PM
Thank you. If only they knew the damage they cause with their do-gooding.
thebrokenrattle on February 8, 2013 at 11:13 PM