Monday, February 12, 2007
Posted by: Dean Barnett at 5:31 PM
By all appearances, Mark Steyn has become Andrew Sullivan’s latest obsession. For no apparent reason (other than perhaps the desperate hope of generating traffic through a blog-war), Andrew has lobbed gratuitous insults at Mark repeatedly over the past week. Congratulations, Steyn old man! As a past recipient of Andre’s bountiful heartache, I can assure you that his hysterics will immeasurably improve your life. You’ll enjoy the pleasures of being constructively engaged in the kind of dialogue you probably haven’t partaken in since a Kindergarten classmate wrongly accused you of having cooties.
To help nurture this new relationship along, allow me to correct a little note in Andrew’s latest missive. He wrote:
I'm relieved the Marines merely "gawked on", while their Vietnamese allies did the torture. The difference with today (and 1965) is that the president of the United States now authorizes this AVRN torture to be performed by Americans. And John Podhoretz, Jonah Goldberg and Mark Steyn find it funny.
Even though he was but a toddler in 1965, I’m quite certain that Steyn still found torture hilarious back then. That is when he wasn’t busy incinerating stray animals. If you’re the kind of person who doesn’t agree with Andrew Sullivan on everything, God only knows the depravities you’re capable of.
Goldberg wasn’t born in 1965, so he skates. But don’t even get me started on Podhoretz. Sick, sick, sick!
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