I guess you are right if you interpret Never to be absolute. I have read some of his complimentary articles about trump, only to be followed within days by more trump criticism.
It is somewhat disingenuous to argue that since Lowry allows VDH to write in his rag lowry is somehow now a trump supporter. Not so by any stretch. NR still stands for the trump haters, jonah goldberg, john fund, kevin williamson, chas cooke, et al. The only reason lowry allows VDH and Andrew Mccarthy to publish is because they bring credibility to NR, not the other way around.
RE: I have read some of his complimentary articles about trump, only to be followed within days by more trump criticism.
And what’s wrong with that?
Do you think that someone should always march in lock step with a President ( be he Trump or someone else ) and not think critically?
The characteristic of a free country is being able to think for oneself. If you disagree with Lowry or others, ADDRESS THEIR ARGUMENTS AND TELL US WHY THEY ARE WRONG.
I am not impressed with this kind of argument — He criticizes Trump, therefore he is a low life.
RE: I guess you are right if you interpret Never to be absolute
What does the word — NEVER in NeverTrumper imply?
RE: It is somewhat disingenuous to argue that since Lowry allows VDH to write in his rag lowry is somehow now a trump supporter.
I never said he was a Trump supporter. I said he is NOT a NeverTrumper.
There has to be a term for someone who supports Trump when he believes he is in the right and someone who criticizes his policies when he believes they are wrong headed.
The right term could be this — NotAlwaysTrumper. Unfortunately, I don’t see terms like this being used in FR. It is you are either a 100% Trump supporter or you are a NeverTrumper. Nothing in between.
And the National Review is NOT a NeverTrumper publication because there are numerous writers who defend Trump when needed.
So, to say that one should avoid reading the publication is in and of itself an absolutist mentality.
You take the articles on a case by case basis.