October 31, 2018
Don't Like Tribalism? Sorry, You Missed the Bus
In the week of Bombgate and now Synagoguegate, Jonah Goldberg wrings his hands over the temptations of tribalism, while Angelo Codevilla says, more or less, that we are in a revolution, sports fans, so get used to it.
Look, I get Jonah's point. When you get to the point of dueling tribalisms, as now, then the partisans on each side just pick up the narrative of their own side, and damn the torpedoes. And that's a shame.
In other words, we are in a revolutionary situation where nobody will be satisfied except by a trial of arms between the two American tribes. Hopefully, the trial of arms will be a succession of electoral defeats for the Democrats.
Trouble is that last time this happened, when the Democrats lost five of six presidential elections in a row, and they cried Uncle, and declared themselves moderate New Democrats, we the voters believed them and elected Bill Clinton in 1992. And what did...(Read Full Article)