tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post5441653548058263489..comments2024-03-26T15:19:23.091-07:00Comments on false dichotomy by charles davis: A picture's worth a thousand votesCharles Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005070529766546097noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-50747041804189186542012-11-05T17:28:30.499-08:002012-11-05T17:28:30.499-08:00Actually, I do think same-sex marriage is pretty i...Actually, I do think same-sex marriage is pretty important, and I'm disappointed to see you shrug off the issue so casually. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-25129249490715577302012-08-22T21:37:11.790-07:002012-08-22T21:37:11.790-07:00"it's ok to... " is the red flag of..."it's ok to... " is the red flag of the conformist hack. This is always true. <br /><br />I remember reading Eggars horrible memoir and thinking this is one more vain middle class ass who wants to feel subversive without actually being subversive. Nothing I ever saw on McSweeney's changed that view. In fact I think Eggars and ass colleagues like Neal Pollack were pioneers in providing youngish liberalism with its horrible voice - that revolting combo of wisecracking, righteous indignation and earnestness that makes their insipid, conformist politics so particularly infuriating and cringeworthy.<br /><br />This should be called 90 People You May Not Have Known You Despised. It's helpful, really, though that could probs be my title for just about everything. <br /><br />Tarziehttp://twitter.com/ohtarzienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-52044865005497864842012-08-16T09:15:06.690-07:002012-08-16T09:15:06.690-07:00Essays by Ben Gibbard, Jesse Eisenberg, and Probab...Essays by Ben Gibbard, Jesse Eisenberg, and Probably Later, Seann William Scott, MaybeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-50967500552097294202012-08-15T08:54:19.854-07:002012-08-15T08:54:19.854-07:00Oh... just... wow. Days 4 and 7 are particularly v...Oh... just... wow. Days 4 and 7 are particularly vapid in what is otherwise a wellspring of banality.Todd S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10212986450069403803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-39023381166960074922012-08-15T08:34:38.533-07:002012-08-15T08:34:38.533-07:00That McSweeney's article really is repugnant: ...That McSweeney's article really is repugnant: "It’s okay to believe again. It’s time to believe again. We must believe again."<br /><br />SeanLMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-81336450468268693382012-08-15T01:44:41.518-07:002012-08-15T01:44:41.518-07:00I thought rubbing a black man's head for luck ...I thought rubbing a black man's head for luck kind of went out of fashion awhile back.NomadUKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-80658122875230285562012-08-14T15:14:01.477-07:002012-08-14T15:14:01.477-07:00I love how an important issue stays a "pet&qu...I love how an important issue stays a "pet" issue right up until the moment that His Holiness Obama finally deigns to give it a thumbs up. As with same-sex marriage.<br /><br />But hey, if His Holiness didn't have any time or energy to bless <i>your</i> important issue (regardless of how much time/energy you once put into getting him ordained), I guess you're just SOL, Suckers.ms_xenohttp://www.xenophora.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-50706012909190686342012-08-14T10:55:54.931-07:002012-08-14T10:55:54.931-07:00The author of that excerpt is Haitian-American, bu...The author of that excerpt is Haitian-American, but she doesn't comprehend how deeply the Obama administration has been fucking over Haiti - since before the earthquake. The USA's first black president has done literally nothing for the hemisphere's first black republic but continue the empire's tradition of strong-arming and meddling. Sad.snanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-42549464584342050902012-08-14T10:45:20.412-07:002012-08-14T10:45:20.412-07:00I had no idea what you were talking about so I wen...I had no idea what you were talking about so I went over to Google and now: God Damn It.Charles Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06005070529766546097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-90984240162634962392012-08-14T10:42:38.067-07:002012-08-14T10:42:38.067-07:00Thanks for covering this, Charles. I used to real...Thanks for covering this, Charles. I used to really enjoy McSweeney's so when I first heard about this website last week I was pretty disgusted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com