Posted on 04/25/2019 12:01:21 PM PDT by Starman417
I decided to finally cancel my subscription to National Review. Below is the letter I sent to them requesting my cancellation. I also worked in Customer Service jobs enough to know he will never look at this. Chances are this will get passed around by a few entry level reps who will get a good laugh out if this. The smart ones will take it as a wake up call to look for another job. I sent this via snail mail, so obviously the links below do not appear in my letter to Editor in Chief, Rich Lowry.
Mr. Lowry:
Please cancel my subscription and refund the remaining balance. I've been meaning to send this letter to you for some time, but haven't had the time to get the right words for why I am doing so. I've been a subscriber for a number of years - I'm not sure when I first subscribed, probably around 5-10 years ago. Even though I could access most of your content online for free, I liked the print subscription for its portability, and more importantly, financially helping one of the most important voices in advancing Conservatism. Or, at least, you were.
As the President Trump era has shown, NR seems to have shifted to some anti-Trump Conservatism, Inc. mouthpiece. Just so there's no misunderstanding, I'm not some #MAGA sycophant. I came of age in New Jersey back in the 80s, and had a front row seat to The Rise of Trump. When I was younger I found him to be an an overrated bore, and still have not forgiven him for destroying the USFL. And no, I'm not kidding about that. When 2016 came about I wasn't too happy about Trump being the choice I'd have to settle for after my first two choices, Walker and Cruz fell short of nomination. But once Donald Trump became the Republican nominee... you know the rest. I'm the last one who has to be reminded of our president's character flaws, but I also know that he is the best person to advance Conservative principles. NR seems more about pursuing academic perfection, real world be damned. To give examples:
Travis Kavulla's What Is the Green New Deal? took a bizarre approach to a policy that is the anti-Reece's Peanut Butter Cup - two horrible tastes that are disgusting together. Unlike Obamacare (as in Republicans failing to offer alternatives), which seemed to be the justification for your proposal, how about pushing to educate about the actual destructiveness of The New Deal and using your data and research skills for helping to publicize the seemingly countless wrong predictions about ecological apocalypse that Leftists have been proclaiming to be 5-10 years away for decades?
While I know that Jonah Goldberg has left NR, his tiresome anti-Trump rhetoric became a practically mandatory ingredient in almost every column he wrote. A great example of this was how he almost made it to the end before marring his otherwise excellent column, Everyone a Conscript.
Daniel Foster's Against the Rage Machine tut-tutted the deplatforming of Alex Jones while supporting The New York Times retention of the bigoted Sarah Jeong, because it would be unseemly to demand that Leftists live up to the standards they impose on the rest of the country. Sadly, it seems that National Review has failed to notice how Leftists increasingly use bold, tyrannical and violent means to threaten Conservatives. Do you truly believe that NR will never face the threat of deplatforming, de-monetizing, and now de-banking?
On that note, in one of your roundups in the week, you included a blurb condemning The Proud Boys, and more specifically their use of violence. While they have absolutely crossed the line at times, the only reason that they exist is because of how the press and local governments have either ignored or quietly endorsed the thuggery of various Antifa groups. You are aware of charges being dropped against the majority of the Inauguration Day rioters, Berkeley's "Professor Bikelock" being given probation for his assault, or how Antifa has taken over the streets of Portland. Perhaps if you directed more energy into the funders and enablers of these groups, then the Proud Boys wouldn't be necessary?
Your publication's reactions to The Covingtonn Crucifixion was disgraceful. Without rehashing how various members of NR reacted, there was one takeaway that was truly disturbing. The statements made by NR writers were made not because they were true, but more importantly, because NR writers wanted it to be true. That says far more about the culture of NR than the initial reactions.
David French can't seem to figure out how Evangelical Christians can still support Donald Trump. After a few years one would think that Mr. French would actually try talking to a Conservative outside of one of the NR cruises or some think tank summit. For that matter, it would do most of your writing and editorial staff some good.
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Username definitely does NOT check out.
But otherwise well said!
Whatever could have justified taking so long?
I haven’t subscribed to NR for a decade and a half
There really can be only one reason these never Trumpers are out there. They never were, or are conservatives. They were, and are playing a game. Milking the crowd, and enriching themselves.
I personally wish Trump would have his Twitter taken away. Someone could filter his comments, things like that. Even though it does have entertainment value.
But honestly, what isn’t to like that he has done or pushed for? The economy is better. Stocks are better. Employment is better. Trade is becoming more fair. He’s trying to secure the border. Veteran care is improving. WHAT!? is bad about these things, you stupid RINO’s and other turds?
I was in Jr Hi flipping channels on our 40’s basement TV. Landed on a station where the guy talking had a weird accent and was saying interesting things.
It was Buckley and Firing Line. I was hooked from then on.
We'll be back to back, and I'll have the other half of the broken pool cue. :-)
What took so long?
Agreed. Trump opened my eyes to how incredibly corrupt most of the GOP is. He exposed so many people I used to foolishly admire.
For me it was John Derbyshire.
I quit subscribing to NR about halfway through Obama’s first campaign for president, when he was featured on just about every NR cover. What were they thinking?
Firing Line was my favorite show for 20 years, minus most of my four years in the AF, until 1988 when I threw the house TV out and have not looked at one since. The only show I ever missed was WFB.
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