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Raw Story: 'Incredibly craven': Social media slams NYT columnist's reversal on 'Never Trump'
Raw Story - ‘Incredibly craven’: Social media slams NYT columnist's reversal on 'Never Trump'
Erik De La Garza
December 18, 2024 7:16PM ET
Social media users came out swinging against a conservative New York Times columnist who this week declared he was “done with never Trump,” and suggested the movement defeated itself.
The online backlash came in response to a Tuesday opinion piece by Bret Stephens, who said he believes Trump’s second term could be “as bad as his most fervent critics fear,” but still urged readers to send warm wishes to the new administration and give his cabinet selections “the benefit of the doubt.”
“It is incredibly craven to pretend to take a principled stand against Trump only to rescind it when it becomes clear that Trump isn't actually going away and there is nothing to be personally gained from the ostentatious display of ‘principle,’" University of Texas at Austin professor Mike Boyla-Kolchin wrote on Bluesky.
“Peak bedbug. He bends his knee. #BrokenTimes #BrokenBret," Former CUNY professor and "This Week in Google" podcast host Jeff Jarvis posted on social media.
George Washington University professor David Karpf reacted to the column in a series of posts on Bluesky where he blasted the columnist: “What an extraordinary dim bulb.”
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Erik De La Garza
December 18, 2024 7:16PM ET
Social media users came out swinging against a conservative New York Times columnist who this week declared he was “done with never Trump,” and suggested the movement defeated itself.
The online backlash came in response to a Tuesday opinion piece by Bret Stephens, who said he believes Trump’s second term could be “as bad as his most fervent critics fear,” but still urged readers to send warm wishes to the new administration and give his cabinet selections “the benefit of the doubt.”
“It is incredibly craven to pretend to take a principled stand against Trump only to rescind it when it becomes clear that Trump isn't actually going away and there is nothing to be personally gained from the ostentatious display of ‘principle,’" University of Texas at Austin professor Mike Boyla-Kolchin wrote on Bluesky.
“Peak bedbug. He bends his knee. #BrokenTimes #BrokenBret," Former CUNY professor and "This Week in Google" podcast host Jeff Jarvis posted on social media.
George Washington University professor David Karpf reacted to the column in a series of posts on Bluesky where he blasted the columnist: “What an extraordinary dim bulb.”
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Bret Stephens deserves everything being said about him. What a scarborough!
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...by arguing that, although he doesn't agree with things Trump may do, the fact is that those on the left are every bit as bad, and we need to find a moderate path between the two sides. 