"[Sullivan] has burnt away large chunks of his reputation through the years": Among other signs of stupidity and viciousness, Sullivan was a cheerleader for Dubya and Dick's Not-So-Excellent Adventure in Iraq, a mistake decent, thoughtful, and well-informed people simply didn't make. And yet some people still pay attention to him. Meritocracy, schmeritocracy - the USA is a paradise for charlatans.
"[Sullivan] has extended the same warning ... to the United States, to which he himself immigrated": Oh, but he's a white man, so he's one of "the good ones", doncha know.
Frum too is a charlatan and an immigrant to the USA. Several years ago, the Canadian satire site The Beaverton gave him his due:
"'You don't understand, I'm not even the kind of immigrant you're looking for! I'm a white guy! From CANADA! ... Why are you acting like this is some kind of intellectual exercise?' Frum said as his legs were being shackled. 'My life is not an abstract concept to be dispassionately debated! Other people's lives, yes, of course, but not mine!'"
"Frum was last seen attempting to convince the ICE agents that he has valuable and unique skills America needs, but was unable to demonstrate any of them."
As for "where does that leave the pundits when the shooting starts?", we may hope that for those of them who've cheered for racist thuggery, the answer is, "In the line of fire."
"[Sullivan] has burnt away large chunks of his reputation through the years": Among other signs of stupidity and viciousness, Sullivan was a cheerleader for Dubya and Dick's Not-So-Excellent Adventure in Iraq, a mistake decent, thoughtful, and well-informed people simply didn't make. And yet some people still pay attention to him. Meritocracy, schmeritocracy - the USA is a paradise for charlatans.
"[Sullivan] has extended the same warning ... to the United States, to which he himself immigrated": Oh, but he's a white man, so he's one of "the good ones", doncha know.
Frum too is a charlatan and an immigrant to the USA. Several years ago, the Canadian satire site The Beaverton gave him his due:
"'You don't understand, I'm not even the kind of immigrant you're looking for! I'm a white guy! From CANADA! ... Why are you acting like this is some kind of intellectual exercise?' Frum said as his legs were being shackled. 'My life is not an abstract concept to be dispassionately debated! Other people's lives, yes, of course, but not mine!'"
"Frum was last seen attempting to convince the ICE agents that he has valuable and unique skills America needs, but was unable to demonstrate any of them."
(https://www.thebeaverton.com/2019/03/but-im-a-white-david-frum-screams-as-hes-picked-up-by-ice/)
As for "where does that leave the pundits when the shooting starts?", we may hope that for those of them who've cheered for racist thuggery, the answer is, "In the line of fire."