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Lauren Lassabe Shepherd @llassabe.bsky.social

From the right’s premier intellectual organization, ISI. Remembering that there are two (!!) reviews of my book in academic journals that say I’m unjustly critical of conservative intellectuals. My friends, I give you the conservative intellectuals:

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aug 21, 2025, 4:43 pm • 1 0

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Dave @dept-of-dave.bsky.social

It’s a real who’s-who of “Dudes who give me this exact reaction every time I hear their name”:

The Player Hater’s Ball sketch from Chapelle’s Show. A thin Black man in extravagant but tacky clothes accepts an award. The caption is “I hope all the bad things in life happen to you and nobody else but you.”
aug 21, 2025, 5:07 pm • 1 0 • view
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Darren Maughan @darrenm1973.bsky.social

So, not Edmund Burke or Michael Oakeshott?

aug 21, 2025, 4:57 pm • 0 0 • view
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Lauren Lassabe Shepherd @llassabe.bsky.social

No and tbf I wouldn’t have backed off of Burke or oakeshott if they were alive and able to attend, either. Also strong chance that Rufo, Deneen, and Yarvin have actually read both

aug 21, 2025, 5:17 pm • 1 0 • view
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Lauren Lassabe Shepherd @llassabe.bsky.social

Yarvin is a self declared monarchist and that’s not even his worst political idea lmao

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