Will Wilkinson is a New York Times opinion writer, and VP for Research for the “non-partisan” Niskanen Center. I’ve reached out to them for comment.
Update: Wilkinson has been fired and the left is upset that no one appreciated his ironic humour. Live by the cancel culture – die by the cancel culture. New Rules.


You VILL Unify! Unity for ALL … NOW! Or else.
As I noted yesterday, Xiden’s Inauguration Speech had to have been written by a dyslexic schizophrenic drug addict. First a sentence about Unity, Freedom … America … yadda yadda yadda … followed by a very DARK foreboding warning about “improper” thoughts, and promises of severe retribution against Enemies of The State.
Zhjou bin Xiden….I like it..!!
The perfect moniker for this Dead man walking.
I see there’s some Dem NAZI calling for the creation of the USS Stazi…??
What would Irish Democracy look like in 2021, it’s strategies and tactics?
““Irish Democracy,” the phenomenon by which the general members of a polity resist (and undermine) the mandates of their self serving, self-anointed governing class by simply refusing to comply with them or cooperate.”
I think it would include withholding revenues to bad actors, using cash when it makes sense, buying American, supporting local businesses and other resisters, supplementing children’s education, deflecting their surveillance, clogging the system with drek and nonsense………How to throw sand in the gears? It’s ridiculous to underwrite the people who mean you harm.
There are all sorts of things we can do to clog up the system. File lawsuit after lawsuit against what our children are taught in the Communist school system, against Democrats in office, etc. It’s time to use Alinsky’s tactics against them.
The shades are up and the ugly, naked truth is in plain site.
Seems to support a theory that in order for Biden to “win” he was writing rubber cheques.
Some folks are now going to be disappointed. The important part about that is how many are the demographic that could be fooled all the time and are starting to have an epiphany.
The ones I know aren’t smart enough to have epiphanies. They think their cars are going to run on Unicorn farts. And the rest of us are going to ride the bus.
His site is plastered with “Open Society” headers.
For fun type “Open Society is funded by”
Can’t find the tweet. Was it taken down?
He retracted it and “apologized”: https://twitter.com/willwilkinson/status/1352286093065007106
Wilkinson remove the tweet, and has now protected his twitter account.
Aaaaaaaand the usual insincere apology.
Last night I made an error of judgment and tweeted this. It was sharp sarcasm, but looked like a call for violence. That’s always wrong, even as a joke. It was especially wrong at a moment when unity and peace are so critical. I’m deeply sorry and vow not to repeat the mistake.
All will be forgiven. Go and sin no more.
Well, he wasn’t wrong – Trump supporters hate Pence for “stabbing Trump in the back” and Trump-haters hate Pence because he was Trump’s VP. Everybody hates Pence, just for different reasons.
ah! same boat as Mitch then.
Actually I think Mike Pence is the only grownup in a room full of sophomoric non entities. But that’s just me.
Thud, you are right, it’s just you. Unless by grownup, you mean grown-up like Judas Iscariot, or perhaps like Brutus in “Julius Caesar” – Et tu, Pencea?
+++REA
I agree Thad.
A line from William Shakespeare describes Pence:
There are a sort of men who do a willful stillness entertain with purpose to be dressed in an opinion of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit, and who should say ‘When I ope my lips let no dog bark.”
I don’t hate Pence.
Nazi Pelosi said today in her love fest with the press, that healing includes impeaching Trump.
Will Wilkinson is correct. The only way to achieve unity in a nation full diverse political views is through violent authoritarian means. Will didn’t intend it that way, but he was correct nevertheless.
Liberal democracy was never meant to achieve unity, any more than a court of law is. Rather it’s a way for people of disparate opinions to still achieve something constructive.
I guess when conservatives invoke the second amendment he will be all in favor of that, right, right?
And to prevent them from killing each other, you mean. When court systems fail, you end up with vigilantism, something the Demonrats want, as it will help create calls for martial law and suspension of civil liberties, but only if you’re the wrong skin color.
“…Liberal democracy was never meant to achieve unity, any more than a court of law is. Rather it’s a way for people of disparate opinions to still achieve something constructive. ” And to change their government without pitchforks, bayonets, Molotov cocktails, etc.
Unity? If we kill everybody who disagrees with us killing them, we can be united in agreement that we were right to kill them. If that’s what it takes, I’m willing to kill to prevent unity.
Ten seconds at the website proved they’re as “non-partisan“ as AOC.
Yes, that was my thought exactly. Non-partisan means the same as “unity” nowaday…. once everybody agrees with me we can have unity and non-partisan support.
Four years of calling Trump and his supporters racist, sexist, bigot, homophobes and now they want to “unify”. The problem here is that I think finally a lot of people have now realized exactly what we’re dealing with. These people cannot be reasoned with because the only thing they want is power. There is no compromise. They can shove their “unity” (do what we want or else) up their butts.
Snippets from arguing with Liberals.
Trying to get Liberals you are debating to agree on anything in a conversation is impossible.
There has been a shift.
I sometimes try to find common ground with adversaries before advancing my next point during conversations with friends .
I could not get a liberal friend to even agree that corrupt politicians are a problem.
He’s what I classify as a typical, garden variety Toronto Liberal voter that voted for Harper after adscam
“The divide is too great”
Dennis Prager
UNITY in the islamic sense.
Dar al GOP to be slaughtered.
Dar al Dem for all.
Wilkinson went off the rails a while ago when he decided he was no longer a libertarian and started attacking his old colleagues but he really has become unhinged the last few years.
Never trust the Rawlsians….
Half the time you don’t need Project Veritas.
“Sorry for using my Outside voice inside”
Communist assholes
Nothing cries out unity like a really historical act of 2 impeachment and doing one after he left office, both on fabricated grounds.
So, how quickly will he be banned permanently because of his incitement of political violence?
Nobody loves a traitor, and if Biden did sign Mike Pence’s death warrant, no patriotic American would need to shed a tear for the man who sent in the army to put down the anti-globalist rebellion of January 6.
So this much patriots and globalists could agree on: Pence is surplus to requirements.
Pence isn’t a traitor. He quietly upheld the rule of law, both when quelling a riot and when accepting the results of the presidential election.
Another idiot comment. Do you ever tire of your own stupidity?
I know I do.
Pence lynched himself.
Salute the marines!
The Niskanen Center is as non partisan as the Centre for Policy Alternatives. They are Green New Dealers and advocates for the closure of Keystone XL, advocating for stranding Oli Sands production. It is a typical ENGO staffed with well credentialed products of the Institutional leftist campuses masquerading as academia. When encountering Niskanen, think of NDP/ Green / Democrat think tank.
Speaking of “heeling”:
https://www.theepochtimes.com/antifa-in-seattle-and-portland-smash-property-oppose-biden-police-we-are-ungovernable_3665544.html?utm_source=newsnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking-2021-01-21-1
“Former CIA Director John Brennan let the cat out of the bag during an MSNBC appearance Wednesday, saying that the Biden administration is laser-focused on rooting out ‘insurgency movements’ in the U.S., cracking down on pernicious malefactors like (gasp!) libertarians. No, really.””
John Brennan is looking for all the right bad people.
And Methodists!
Nice mash up with Blazing Saddles:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1352140356792557568
Buffet’s railway transports cheap oil from Canada to the US. He donates MILLIONS to the Dems. So….no surprise the Dems shut down Keystone XL.
They ‘parted ways’ with him. You could say they lynched him…..
Will Willkillsome.
This kind of language will not cease until and unless people are held legally liable for any and all death threats they make in a public forum. A huge problem with the internet is that there are no significant consequences for tossing out death threats, threats to family, and vile speech of all kinds. Free speech is one thing; direct threats of personal violence is something else.