Sublime

Arnold Kling, an economist, published a book a decade ago that offered a way to think about the core difference between progressives and conservatives. Progressives, Kling wrote, see the world as a struggle between the oppressor and the oppressed, and they try to help the oppressed. Conservatives see the world as a struggle between civilization and... See more

dysphemistic treadmill

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"... punching is a good strategy for centrist...."

I think one key tenet of Yglesias-thought could be summarized as:

the advantage to centrists of having a ready supply of hippies for punching does not outweigh the disadvantage to the national party of having punchable hippies as its most visible public face.