The Scruton tapes: an anatomy of a modern hit job

lostapwbm · 2019-04-26T04:34:07+00:00

Sir Roger Scruton is the author of one of my all-time favorite books, "Fools, Frauds, and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left" in which he identifies and, with all of the polite precision of a English don, dismantles some of the high-priests of the New Left (revisionist Marxism/proto-Social Justice).

Last month, Scruton agreed to be interviewed in his London flat by George Eaton, one of the deputy editors of the New Statesman.

The lunchtime before the resulting interview’s publication, Eaton declared on Twitter that ‘the government adviser and philosopher Roger Scruton has made a series of outrageous remarks’, and included a link to the interview.

Pro-tip: Never allow any of these scumbags to interview you unless you have your own recording device set up, or you have some other means of recording every question asked and answer given.

They don't kill you in the interview room; they kill you in the editing room. Even if you maintain perfect discipline in the interview and you give answers that, to any onlooker, are impeccably rational, these assholes will chop up the footage and deliver quotes devoid of context to make it sound like you eat roasted babies.

They will lie, cheat, and destroy, then sleep soundly at night because no matter how much scumbag tactics they engage in, they are sanctified by being on 'the right side of history.'

goodmod · 2019-04-26T03:53:56+00:00

This was not an article about men's rights as such. Nevertheless it's relevant because it does mention a sexual false accusation, and because it examines in detail the frighteningly east way in which men in high positions can be toppled - in this instance, within five hours! - by a well-placed lie.

Title	The Scruton tapes: an anatomy of a modern hit job
Author	goodmod
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Date	April 26, 2019 3:50 AM UTC (7 years ago)
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