Ken Layne has a hilarious post on this article on how Noam Chomsky can't get arrested, even in Turkey.
By the way, Layne has really been on a roll lately. On the outside chance that there's anyone who reads this blog who doesn't also read Layne's blog regularly, this post (which bounces off of this story about a discussion group of self-pitying Nation readers) is one of the reasons why I, like many others, am so addicted to Ken.Layne.dot.con. In fact, it's pretty much a textbook example of blogging at its best: non- or anti- ideological, informed, well-written, original, and funny as hell. It's hard to pick out a favorite excerpt, but here's one, just because I agree with it so emphatically. Do yourself a favor and read the whole thing, though.
Note to Unhinged Liberals: When you can't tell the difference between Susan Sontag being mocked on talk radio and an international terrorist organization murdering 3,000-plus of your fellow citizens in an hour, you should feel lonely, because you've lost all touch with reality. Your bogus claims of victimization are not only insulting to the millions of people around the world who truly have no rights and no freedoms, they're also poison to legitimate dissent and rational opposition. The Nation, for my money, is a fine example of thoughtful liberalism, and I'm glad to hear you people are reading it. But do you understand it?The thing is, these people don't really believe what they're saying. It's just automatic, a sort of liberal Tourette Syndrome. (The right has its own variation, which can be triggered with the word "Clinton.") They throw around terms like Fascism and Police State without the slightest comprehension of what such words actually mean.
I'm sure I'll get some ribbing for the oft-parodied cyber-back-slapping in this post, but hey, I'm a fan.
Posted by Dr. Frank at February 15, 2002 08:42 PM | TrackBack