Comments Posted By Ron Campbell
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Rick: It's obvious that the hairs on the back of your neck are pricked up and you're feeling a "circle the wagons" geist waft across the room. And I'd be surprised if you didn't.
I wasn't aware that there were people calling for Terry's job... I guess given the climate of incivility in arguments it shouldn't be too surprising though. My take, FWIW, is pretty much in line with Ace Of Spades, the column is pretty shortsighted and intellectually thin - but not something to get a firing posse rounded up for. This is the whole idea of marketplace of ideas. Someone throws some slab of juicy red bombast on the table and we all get to scrap over it. Ideas are defended, hatched, refined, surrendered, and everyone walks away with a tummy full of intellectual satitation.
There have been more than a few times that, in the course of some ideological throwdown, I have said to my brother, "You know, I love you like a brother, but that has got to be the most idiotic thing I've ever heard you say." I suspect this is something like what you're feeling but you're right now the clan is under attack so best not to show a split in the ranks. Good for you.
No one can seriously call for Terry's job. It's an op-ed. He's free to make a fool of himself. And, as opposed to others who have done the same or worse, I know your brother is not afraid of the intellectual fight. He did come on Hewitt's once (at least) to personally defend comments that Hugh had attacked him for by name.
...But, truth be told, I am looking forward to seeing your response to the merits of the post once most of this blows over.
Comment Posted By Ron Campbell On 14.04.2007 @ 11:55
