tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post112577852434577280..comments2024-02-17T07:59:18.705-08:00Comments on Grad Student Madness: PhariseeismRufushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17762279210783841414noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-1125900550533930092005-09-04T23:09:00.000-07:002005-09-04T23:09:00.000-07:00It's not so much that the rage is misplaced. I agr...It's not so much that the rage is misplaced. I agree with you there.<BR/>But, there's a point at which outrage is expressed so completely inappropriately that it's like watching a flailing drunk man punching himself in the face. <BR/><BR/>Calling Andrew Sullivan, who incidentally has quite openly criticized Bush and voted for Kerry, "Bareback Andy" as a "joke" on his HIV+ status? Or the casual use of the word "nigger" for some sort of transgressive effect? And Michelle Malkin is an idiot, to be sure, but the tendency of so many on the far-left to refer to her as a "wannabe white" comes off as a cringe-inducing variant on "race traitor". I guess what really worries me is that so many people on the left and right seem to have become convinced that people who disagree with them politically are simply outside the pale. It's understandable in tense times like these, but it never really bodes well in democracies.Rufushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17762279210783841414noreply@blogger.com