Great Insight from Rod...
...and I'm totally serious, people. Here's something he said in a recent post with which I heartily agree. Excerpt: Of course the concept of "hate" is much abused in our political discourse; when someone accuses a critic of "hate," more often than not it's a lame attempt to shut down an argument the respondent would prefer not to be having.
I think there is a lot of wisdom in that. Let's all take it to heart.
posted by Pauli at 7:54 PM
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Of course the concept of "hate" is much abused in our political discourse; when someone accuses a critic of "hate," more often than not it's a lame attempt to shut down an argument the respondent would prefer not to be having."
He ought to know considering how often he practices it.
I loved a lot of Lake Wobegone Days, e.g, the hilarious chapter entitled "Protestant". The Prairie Home variety show thingy is slightly amusing, but eye-glazing after about 15 minutes to this Gen-X-er. But, whoa, after reading that article... Tipsy or senile? Or with an unamusing agenda? Whichever the case, time to retire, grandpa Keillor.
Pikku, here's my point: what does it accomplish to accuse someone of hate, esp. some old grounch? Accusing him of having hemorroids is probably more accurate and no less useful in the debate.
well diane, it looks like benedict erased his own comments as well as yours, though he forgets to say so at 1026AM today. it appears this is his pattern: he reads comments criticizing him, understands that the criticisms therein are cogent so deletes what he wrote that provoked the criticism, but then very publicly bashes the critical commenter anyway. i guess he does the latter to save face. it's kind of like, "your criticism was valid, but you really suck for making it, you jerk!" which is bizarre, because he is always asking people for cues about how he should feel about things, yet when he gets negative feedback he reacts wiith extreme agitation.
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