tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post8152668276888370618..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-79506326485872038672014-06-26T11:02:12.883-04:002014-06-26T11:02:12.883-04:00"Writing about it might, especially if one..."Writing about it might, especially if one's words aren't reliably conveyed. "<br /><br />What does this even mean? That Wills' column didn't reliably convey his own words?<br /><br />What a maroon!tony in san diegohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17610599999844228511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-64013790200835706912014-06-25T17:22:40.617-04:002014-06-25T17:22:40.617-04:00Hahaha, that's fun. Poor Conor! I wonder if he...Hahaha, that's fun. Poor Conor! I wonder if he thinks columnists should have some equivalent of tenure to protect them from the whims of their job-creating masters. Maybe the liberty-loving lad should organize a union.Yastreblyanskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08335868257729063363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-13950361623588701882014-06-24T17:50:30.733-04:002014-06-24T17:50:30.733-04:00"Ayn Rand wept."
Why do you say that? S..."Ayn Rand wept."<br /><br />Why do you say that? She didn't seem to have a problem with rape.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09741578725880869865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-67542429076190297842014-06-24T17:35:05.427-04:002014-06-24T17:35:05.427-04:00"That isn't the best beginning for a man ..."That isn't the best beginning for a man whose prose is crystalline at its best. It's more difficult than it should be to discern that Will is distinguishing "the status of victimhood" from actual victimhood."<br /><br />Well, I agree that George Will is an absolute crap writer. He writes like Charlie Brown's teacher sounds, but he sure THINKS he's a great writer, and while that can fool some people, to actual writers it makes him worse.<br /><br />But if we accept Conor's assessment of Will's writing skills, then yeah - it's like when a rookie pitcher throws at your head and says it got away from him you maybe believe him, and when a guy who walks one batter a game does it you know he's bullshitting.<br /><br />Again, the reality is that George Will is a stupid, mean person, and stupid, mean people don't make good writers. But this is an example of Young Conor refuting himself.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16137423464577067869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-83606748009863040022014-06-24T16:22:19.421-04:002014-06-24T16:22:19.421-04:00Thanks. Fixed now.Thanks. Fixed now.Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-47466536224152172872014-06-24T16:20:09.451-04:002014-06-24T16:20:09.451-04:00"I can find nothing in the column to contract..."I can find nothing in the column to contract that reading."<br /><br />I think you mean either "contradict" or "counteract".<br /><br />(It seems appropriate to be extra careful about word choice when criticizing someone else's writing.)the RaptorMagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374544136127298312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-62124637887550602632014-06-24T15:53:48.851-04:002014-06-24T15:53:48.851-04:00The first Question any Will defender needs to answ...The first Question any Will defender needs to answer is <i>what are the benefits that accrue to victims of crimes</i>? Popularity? Are they automatically assigned a higher grade? Does the University pay them something? Are they applauded everywhere they go? Does the University make money off their image or sportswear with their name and number on it? Do they get lucrative contracts and job offers after graduating? What are these benefits, exactly? aimaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03956073425680585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-3523001977252373492014-06-24T15:20:28.440-04:002014-06-24T15:20:28.440-04:00Will's been mailing it in for years.
Now, I s...Will's been mailing it in for years.<br /><br />Now, I suspect he's like Scalia - just happy to be a troll, pissing-off the liberals.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-5156369658356718732014-06-24T15:16:00.562-04:002014-06-24T15:16:00.562-04:00You know, in a funny way, Will's beginning par...You know, in a funny way, Will's beginning paragraph is almost salvageable because it's _not_ about rape and sexual assault. It's about how the idea of "micro-aggression" makes people alert to wrongs that would otherwise go unnoticed -- and, in Will's mind, TOO alert, bringing in acts that aren't "truly" victimizing and lumping them together with ones that are. In the context of the "trigger warnings" discussion he eventually gets to, that's not a bad opening gambit. It's wrong, I think, but not monstrously wrong. But here's the thing, and Friedersdorf misses this entirely: Will's VERY FIRST EXAMPLE of an act that produces spurious non-victims is an unwanted sex act! He blows the whole notion that his axe to grind is against illegitimate victimhood status for targets of non-victimizing acts when he thinks his best proof is... a sexual assault.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-58144002962982273522014-06-24T14:59:49.646-04:002014-06-24T14:59:49.646-04:00Why would anyone leave it up to Will to determine ...Why would anyone leave it up to Will to determine who has or hasn't been raped/sexually assaulted. He is a pundit, an unusually smug one at that!ladyblughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00585823633211190187noreply@blogger.com