A species of left-liberal writer specializes in nitpicking, hairsplitting, quibbling, and demanding more "studies." This kind of writer elevates pedantry into an art, often under the auspices of "debunking" any violation of left-liberal opinion. Though some well-known figures working in this genre might deem their methods heterodox, their analysis, by some strange metaphysics, always leads back to support for the reigning orthodoxy.
Christopher Rufo, City Journal
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