Rich, that Robert Reich quote contains multitudes. Among the litany of targets for โangry right-wing populistsโ are groups too amorphous to be identified with any verifiable specificity, e.g. liberals, intellectuals, coastal elites; and groups that indicate he baselessly assumes the worst motives imaginable for his political opponents, e.g. gays, blacks, Jews. But the most telling item is that Reich is apparently worried about a conservative uprising against โcrypto socialists.โ Heaven forfend! Again, itโs not all that possible to positively identify anyone with that ridiculous appellative, but if attacking those who are secretly promoting socialism is a crime in Robert Reichโs America, heโs going to lock me up and throw away the key.
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Mark Hemingway is a former reporter for National Review.
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