Rollins's Review, September 30
Full disclosure: I love Freddie deBoer. I got turned onto him back when I hung out with commies on r/stupidpol, and I think he’s not only the conscience of the left, but one of the most sensitive, nuanced writers alive.
But he has blind spots. Khaled of Khaled Saying Things apparently agrees. He does an extraordinarily competent job of ripping Freddie a new one on the subject of Freddie’s conceptualization of the racial dynamic in the United States.
Josh Slocum is a brave man. Per Holly Math Nerd, he’s organizing a rally to stand up against a mob of woke bullies who beat the shit out of a senior citizen in a wheelchair and stole his belongings. And Josh is doing this while facing the loss of his day job as a result of his principled stance regarding the rights of children, women, and homosexuals. There’s a link in the post where you can throw him some loot if you have it to spare.
I dig Chris Bray, because principled journalists who like to fight are on my list of fun people to hang out with. Read him.
Every time I boost PITT, my heart breaks a little. I do it anyway.
Speaking of journalists who like to fight, Jesse Singal is a prime example of someone you do not underestimate if you have the common sense God gave a goldfish. I listened to him occasionally on Blocked and Reported before I started reading him and I always thought, “this guy sounds like a dork.”
How wrong I was. Singal has a mind like a Cuisinart. Highly recommended.
I love Chris from Karlstack. His article on the rescue chimp scandal has seared itself into my mind as the platonic ideal of animal rights journalism: Total, righteous (and totally righteous) indignation, inextricably fused with utter batshit lunacy. There is no part of the article that is not amazing, and it remains one of the most entertaining things I’ve ever read. But I’m boosting this non-chimp-related article of his because it’s life goals.
He did what he set out to do. He got enough paying subscribers to travel, and to do what he wants to do with his life.
He won.
You love to see it.
Nick Offerman is a class act.
That is all.
