James Fallows: In Which I Become a Conservative →

James Fallows writes in The Atlantic about how conservatives now disdain strong-armed tactics and liberals are supposedly OK with the TSA regulations:

The TSA case, on which Douthat builds his column, is in fact quite a poor illustration — rather, a good illustration for a different point. There are many instances of the partisan dynamic working in one direction here. That is, conservatives and Republicans who had no problem with strong-arm security measures back in the Bush 43 days but are upset now. Charles Krauthammer is the classic example: forthrightly defending torture as, in limited circumstances, a necessary tool against terrorism, yet now outraged about “touching my junk” as a symbol of the intrusive state.

To be clear: I’m not OK with the TSA regulations. And, in case folks didn’t know, I’m not a conservative.

(via Instapaper)