tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post5801341508571793633..comments2023-12-20T04:18:41.617-06:00Comments on The Hunting of the Snark: The Greatness Of Ross DouthatSusan of Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-42738374097804012432012-05-03T20:24:25.379-05:002012-05-03T20:24:25.379-05:00Meanwhile, Reese Witherspoon is chunkier & off...Meanwhile, Reese Witherspoon is chunkier & off the pill.<br /><br />The world awaits Ross's verdict with (nightcrawler) baited breath.<br /><br />http://egotastic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/02/reese-witherspoon-maroon-dress-pregnant-brentwood-05-400x470.jpgDownpuppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312490198813632190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-22599933018782548662012-04-27T08:21:05.984-05:002012-04-27T08:21:05.984-05:00I am ashamed to admit that the fault must be mine-...I am ashamed to admit that the fault must be mine--I copied the passage from the book. <br /><br />Douthat is still full of drivel, however.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-43314410473485754452012-04-27T05:47:48.694-05:002012-04-27T05:47:48.694-05:00...I wonder if even a presidential call to arms wo...<i>...I wonder if even a presidential call to arms would have convinced us to subordinate our own ends to those of the platoon or the embassy, Langley or Paris Island....</i><br /><br />It's petty, I know, but as a graduate of <b>Parris</b> Island, it grates on me that he can't even be bothered to spell it correctly. As far as the rest of his drivel goes, others have already said anything I could think to say, and usually better than I would have.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721015061449661739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-54810158602802463422012-04-26T21:10:26.789-05:002012-04-26T21:10:26.789-05:00Judas had the good sense to hang himself.Judas had the good sense to hang himself.Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-26049411169127399052012-04-26T16:38:56.074-05:002012-04-26T16:38:56.074-05:00Maybe the worst thing about the "my generatio...Maybe the worst thing about the "my generation didn't have an opportunity for its grand moment" bit is that <b>America got fucking attacked. Civilians were targeted. It was the most catastrohpic attack on American society since the British burned DC to the fucking ground.</b><br /><br />But that wasn't enough to "inspire" Ross and his buddies. The President had to give a good enough speech, and he didn't.<br /><br />For Christ's sake. Stop this generation, I want to get off.Bennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-56129059189716115592012-04-26T13:56:47.048-05:002012-04-26T13:56:47.048-05:00The main problem with this version of Ross's l...The main problem with this version of Ross's life is that its all passive tense--passive agressive tense--he didn't take any individual decisions at all, in this version. It was all generational. He only did what his "Harvard Cohort" did. Agency, we don't haz it? I'm too meritocratic for my shirt, too meritocratic for my socks, too meritocratic for my war and my morality? I don't understand how he thinks he can smear his entire class at Harvard and not, somehow, escape contumely. But this is a perennial right wing shtick. Ross imagines that by calling out everyone else's cowardice he gets some kind of imaginary cred, just like thumbsucking about other people's imaginary morality and lust he can pose as some kind of moral authority. <br /><br />There's a not insignificant gap between being a moral scold and being a moral authority, just as there is a huge gap between being a chickenhawk and being a soldier. But the gap is rather easy to cross--you just have to fucking do something instead of whingeing about it.<br /><br />aimaiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-45544851378904505972012-04-26T10:31:23.402-05:002012-04-26T10:31:23.402-05:00He's afraid his Harvard buddies would look dow...<i>He's afraid his Harvard buddies would look down on him and it would hurt his chances to score with Harvard women?</i><br /><br />Well we know (from the Chunky Reese incident) that he probably wasn't worried about the latter ...<br /><br />- spencerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-20150799191373467702012-04-26T09:04:28.819-05:002012-04-26T09:04:28.819-05:00so Bush said go shopping (which at the time struck...so Bush said go shopping (which at the time struck the few remaining sane people as being a deeply weird thing to say) and you decided not to volunteer? The hell? I also note that while he says his friends (I question the use of the word but let's leave that) didn't enlist becuase it would upset their plans for financial success. Well what about YOU Ross? Why didn't YOU sign up? At least own that you're as much of a shallow self serving money grubber as the rest of your friends - public piety notwithstanding. At least be honest with your self - but he can't even be that. A waste of exploded star remnants this one.professor fatenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-12018125533236942822012-04-26T08:41:07.767-05:002012-04-26T08:41:07.767-05:00Doubthat's not exactly wrong though: when he t...Doubthat's not exactly wrong though: when he talks about Harvard going to war, he may very well mean that the Kennedy School types hadn't dreamed up a great noble invasion. In fairness, that's what they're good at. If we dissolved the Kennedy school America might buy two generations of peacetime. <br /><br />Heck, if we dissolved Harvard entirely the CIA might cease to exist. Imagine!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-73122519616059972232012-04-25T19:53:18.426-05:002012-04-25T19:53:18.426-05:00What is he going on about here? Because the presi...What is he going on about here? Because the president didn't call for volunteers, he...what...couldn't just volunteer? He's afraid they would have turned him away at the recruiting centre because he went to Harvard? He's afraid his Harvard buddies would look down on him and it would hurt his chances to score with Harvard women?<br /><br />This man's complete lack of being able to imagine how other people react to what he writes is perhaps the worst indictment of the poor quality of the education he got.Lurking Canadiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-27652840340081088562012-04-25T18:11:14.190-05:002012-04-25T18:11:14.190-05:00So here he has straight-up admitted that he wanted...So here he has straight-up admitted that he wanted the glory of being a soldier, but didn't actually do anything that might have brought that about like...oh, say, <i>enlist</i>, because he was too chickenshit and also he wanted money.<br /><br />A military life is not for everybody. Hell, it's not for most people, but to openly admit that <i>these</i> are his reasons... Wow.RubyTeahttp://heathencritique.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-22479657616339558362012-04-25T16:31:20.576-05:002012-04-25T16:31:20.576-05:00I suspect Douthut has his own reproduction of the ...I suspect Douthut has his own reproduction of the Pope's mitre, and wears it while looking into a mirror and shouting, "It's me! It's me!".Ben Wolfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-44047066803997269912012-04-25T16:24:06.135-05:002012-04-25T16:24:06.135-05:00Doughthigh is an aristocrat enabler, and a wannabe...Doughthigh is an aristocrat enabler, and a wannabe aristo, helping the .1% rob the "lower classes" of every penny they create & earn, all the while calling the 99.9% "Lazy"Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.com