tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post3210971333477122185..comments2024-03-28T17:35:40.014-04:00Comments on the daily howler: ARTS BEAT: Poor pitiful pathetical us!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-86253219480087267532012-07-10T21:03:05.546-04:002012-07-10T21:03:05.546-04:00Who taught you how to play coy?Who taught you how to play coy?CeceliaMchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16017255006204800193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-27478966695825763682012-07-10T14:07:02.917-04:002012-07-10T14:07:02.917-04:00"he's yet one more ridiculous and adolesc..."he's yet one more ridiculous and adolescent (literally, in his case...)distraction/substitute for the discussion of ideological demarcations (and the ideas entailed) that are about more than ginned-up tribal symbolism, and are therefore truly important"<br /><br />Good God, CeceliaMc! The way you express yourself! You guarantee that you'll seem like an elitist!<br /><br />Who taught you how to talk?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-22587905770436505522012-07-10T11:10:42.020-04:002012-07-10T11:10:42.020-04:00Hey, the kid's all grown up now. He's exch...Hey, the kid's all grown up now. He's exchanged Hayek and Oakeshott for Nietzsche and Wittgenstein and dropping names like Chalmers and Kripke and spicing his monlogues with philosophy-of-mind catchphrases. With that kind of reading list no wonder he now sports a more mature understanding of the current events.<br /><br />MSNBC should talk, however. They've got Harry Potter hosting a show on Saturday mornings.Jeeves Stumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17716700263908484003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-13762774175862156772012-07-10T09:33:29.766-04:002012-07-10T09:33:29.766-04:00Refute what? That you're ankle-biting rather ...Refute what? That you're ankle-biting rather than indulging in pointed humor?<br /><br />Oh, look Bowzer, I had.CeceliaMchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16017255006204800193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-88279755766924401092012-07-10T09:28:07.592-04:002012-07-10T09:28:07.592-04:00Krohn often talks about how he cringes at videos o...Krohn often talks about how he cringes at videos of speeches he gave when he was 13/14. It strikes me that, in a few years time, he may end up regretting what he's doing right now as well, even if he remains liberal on most issues. <br /><br />It's a wonderful feeling when you can finally develop your own views about things you were told as a youngster. But all this publicity for his "awakening" doesn't seem very healthy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-76613240935420007712012-07-10T03:35:10.509-04:002012-07-10T03:35:10.509-04:00I'm sorry, but I don't see where I said Po...I'm sorry, but I don't see where I said Politico was part of a Koch conspiracy. <br />Can you yank your head out of your ass long enough to point out where I said that? Or is it too far up there?TILhttp://til.xxxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-33183289647211393532012-07-10T01:12:06.354-04:002012-07-10T01:12:06.354-04:00proof youre a nut of your own sort is your implica...proof youre a nut of your own sort is your implication that politico is some home of your dreaded right wing koch conspiracy...what is it with you paranoiac obama fanboys?<br /><br />bob has been right from the start - our tribe is in this age of obama has become just as loonie as theirs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-15717857438205624122012-07-10T01:08:13.026-04:002012-07-10T01:08:13.026-04:00majneb - hows about a good ol stfu. no offense.majneb - hows about a good ol stfu. no offense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-1960776476375089962012-07-09T22:34:54.442-04:002012-07-09T22:34:54.442-04:00The Politico article that discussed this said the ...The Politico article that discussed this said the kid's family tried talking him out of his move, pointing out, among other things, how much money he could make if he stayed in the conservative fold as a hack. Discussing wingnut welfare, even tangentially, isn't done in the Politico world. But it is really interesting that his family, which is where he learned his conservatism, was that naked and corrupt about things. With their own kid. "Sell your soul for a little of the Kochs' money, son. It's the smart thing to do." That's modern conservatism right there. And nobody talks about it.TILhttp://til.xxxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-19230629163286442392012-07-09T19:16:00.285-04:002012-07-09T19:16:00.285-04:00Actually, it was an 'ankle bite', Furball....Actually, it was an 'ankle bite', Furball.CeceliaMchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16017255006204800193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-59469996145207064452012-07-09T18:56:14.820-04:002012-07-09T18:56:14.820-04:00Oldmancoyote, I pretty much agree with the overral...Oldmancoyote, I pretty much agree with the overrall critique, I was just puzzled with the hostility Bob seems to have against the kid himself.majnebnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-44608325176288142242012-07-09T18:53:45.583-04:002012-07-09T18:53:45.583-04:00No, Bob definitely intended hostility against this...No, Bob definitely intended hostility against this minor child whose only crime seems to be precociousness. Otherwise, he would have prefaced his attacks with his standard "Just to be clear, as far as we know, Krohn himself may be a thoroughly decent fellow. Most people are."majnebnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-15206674312326290002012-07-09T18:52:13.688-04:002012-07-09T18:52:13.688-04:00majneb -
if it were about an ideological agenda,...majneb - <br /><br />if it were about an ideological agenda, and therefore ideas, i think you could make a case. but the pimping of krohn is about a corporate agenda. it apes tribal divisions for profit and creates the illusion of political discourse. <br /><br />this has been bob's point all along. we aren't actually discussing our problems. we're aping tribal conflicts which are mostly trivial.oldmancoyote22noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-68596161708093571892012-07-09T18:46:29.634-04:002012-07-09T18:46:29.634-04:00That was a joke dear, though it's actually kid...That was a joke dear, though it's actually kidding on the square.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288008924419574934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-24976654056170142722012-07-09T18:38:02.777-04:002012-07-09T18:38:02.777-04:00I suppose it depends upon your definition of "...I suppose it depends upon your definition of "hostility".<br /><br />In my book 'beat it, kid', is fairly innocuous and utterly apropo...CeceliaMchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16017255006204800193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-39249881589121613242012-07-09T18:33:18.425-04:002012-07-09T18:33:18.425-04:00Ok, then lets distinguish between legitimate hosti...Ok, then lets distinguish between legitimate hostility directed at the way krohn is being used as a pawn to advance an ideological agenda [not his fault] and hostility directed AT HIM for some reason. As far as I can tell Krohn himself hasn't behaved badly.majnebnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-36873853834623995132012-07-09T18:27:40.196-04:002012-07-09T18:27:40.196-04:00I more upset with the media with this. Why does a...I more upset with the media with this. Why does anybody care about this kid now, or, more importantly, when he was 13 years-old?hardindrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05275899305949454964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-81002382015567570322012-07-09T18:27:31.469-04:002012-07-09T18:27:31.469-04:00Because he's yet one more ridiculous and adole...Because he's yet one more ridiculous and adolescent (literally, in his case...)distraction/substitute for the discussion of ideological demarcations (and the ideas entailed) that are about more than ginned-up tribal symbolism, and are therefore truly important.CeceliaMchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16017255006204800193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-3484069967718247542012-07-09T18:18:33.255-04:002012-07-09T18:18:33.255-04:00"It was written by a 17-year-old uber-nuisanc..."It was written by a 17-year-old uber-nuisance who needs to be told to scram."<br /><br />Umm, I understand that this kid may be overhyped on the liberal side because he defected from conservatism, but I don't understand the hostility directed against him above. How is he an uber-nuisance who should scram?majnebnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-23635154294016902052012-07-09T17:33:53.599-04:002012-07-09T17:33:53.599-04:00Boy, you are one ridiculous attack poodle.Boy, you are one ridiculous attack poodle.CeceliaMchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16017255006204800193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-32554192619500784482012-07-09T16:22:41.246-04:002012-07-09T16:22:41.246-04:00Making fun of celeb driven nonsense? What an eliti...Making fun of celeb driven nonsense? What an elitist!Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288008924419574934noreply@blogger.com