On HBO’s “Real Time” Friday, former new york times Nellie Bowles, a reporter and current director of strategy for the Free Press, said many of the worst left-wing excesses of 2020 were “a very concerted effort going on right now. There is now a “very concerted effort to erase the memory” of the excesses.” They’ll try to deny it, and if they find some of it embarrassing, they’ll try to deny it. ”
After host Bill Maher brought up a topic that seemed to roll back some of the excesses of 2020, new york times Columnist Pamela Paul wrote, “It’s a great opportunity for liberals to safely criticize what I’ve always thought of as a far-left, illiberal movement without necessarily being called racist or Republican.” I think it has become,” he said. I also think progressives are a little shy about going too far. ”
Mr Bowles replied: “Well, there is definitely a very concerted effort going on right now to try to remember many of the most extreme events.”
Then Paul interjected and said, “Nobody said anything about defunding the police.”
“No one said that,” Bowles said. “No one ever said that young children could send messages about gender, no one ever wanted to get rid of elite public schools, no one said that. Well, those are some of the more embarrassing edges.
Bowles later said: Okay, I’ll save this. I’m writing this column to say, “You’re not crazy, this happened this week, and people will try to deny it, or if they find out there’s something embarrassing about it, they’ll try to deny it.” ” I wanted to say. But it happened, and it’s happening. ”
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