tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post112355071517257480..comments2024-03-18T22:21:33.261-07:00Comments on The Debate Link: Conservative For A DayDavid Schraubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-1124136311480846432005-08-15T13:05:00.000-07:002005-08-15T13:05:00.000-07:00David, I was there that Sunday...commenting on Vol...David, <BR/><BR/>I was there that Sunday...commenting on Volokh, fighting my own battles. I feel for you. Having read some of your posts, which are incredibly thoughtful, well researched, and eloquently written, I really don't think anyone other than people who are incredibly quick to judge, felt that you were discredited because of the one outburst. Limited minds will always jump on the one part of a long and well articulated argument, and spot the so called 'easy target' i.e. a momentary faux pas. I felt you immediately wanted to kick yourself for it, but then wow, did you fix her in #65. I don't think there has been a comment or post written on the subject in the entire bloggosphere that equals the power of that blow, and explains the issue so succinctly. <BR/><BR/>I had an exchange of comments on the same subject on the Volokh Conspiracy that day. I wrote a long post about it on my blog, called <A HREF="http://allthingsbeautiful.typepad.com/all_things_beautiful/2005/08/the_fact_that_w.html#more" REL="nofollow">'Have we lost our Gallant Heroes'</A>, with some incredibly beautiful screenshots from a cinematographically powerful movie called 'Hero'. Have a look, it might make you smile. Next to your comment #65, I would love to have posted one of those. How appropriate. <BR/><BR/>Keep writing David, you are a pleasure to read. You will go places, whether in law or politics, but I think you might find yourself far more successful than you ever imagined today....Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09599982169745213083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-1123616926646732732005-08-09T12:48:00.000-07:002005-08-09T12:48:00.000-07:00To some extent, I think that you're exaggerating h...To some extent, I think that you're exaggerating how much you were attacked and misunderstood on that thread. Yes, some folks mistook you for a conservative, and you had to clear that up. On the other hand, sometimes you mistook statements about conservatives in general as being specific attacks on you, when they weren't. For example...<BR/><BR/>"...even having said that I think Malkin's views are detestable, I still had to content with the assertion that I thought the sexist comment directed at her was "worse" than Malkin's defense of Japanese Internment."<BR/><BR/>I don't think anyone actually asserted this about you. Maybe I missed it, but this seems to be a reference to your post #76, in response to Amanda's post #75. But Amanda didn't say she was referring to you, and to me it just reads like she's talking about conservatives in general, a group that doesn't include you.<BR/><BR/>In general, I think it was the usual problem on all sides, which is people being unwilling to give other folks a reasonable benefit of the doubt.<BR/><BR/>Anyhow, I'm sorry that your first (thatI recall offhand) "Alas" posting experience was so heated! I'm a big fan of your blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-1123615617929168052005-08-09T12:26:00.000-07:002005-08-09T12:26:00.000-07:00You wrote, "I still had to content with the assert...You wrote, "I still had to content with the assertion that I thought the sexist comment directed at her was "worse" than Malkin's defense of Japanese Internment. It isn't, and shouldn't be portrayed as such."<BR/><BR/>Have you read Malkin's book concerning Japanese Internment or are you simply assuming that her argument concerning a matter you might disagree with is on par with racial and sexual slurs? If you have read her book on the subject, what part of her argument is comparable to a crude racial or sexual slur?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com