I am not sure what to make of this post from Big Media Matt:
Now that Orson Scott Card says I’m unpatriotic, I guess it’s time to throw in the towel. Seriously, like all young nerd everywhere I loved Ender’s Game, but if you read the Ender prequel’s you’ll see that this is a man with all the insight into geopolitics of a really devoted Civ III player.
Here is Card’s statement:
“Am I saying that critics of the war aren’t patriotic? Not at all – I’m a critic of some aspects of the war. What I’m saying is that those who try to paint the bleakest, most anti-American, and most anti-Bush picture of the war, whose purpose is not criticism but deception in order to gain temporary political advantage, those people are indeed not patriotic. They have placed their own or their party’s political gain ahead of the national struggle to destroy the power base of the terrorists who attacked Americans abroad and on American soil.”
Is Matt saying that he is one of those who “try to paint the bleakest, most anti-American, and most anti-Bush picture of the war, whose purpose is not criticism but deception in order to gain temporary political advantage, those people are indeed not patriotic. They have placed their own or their party’s political gain ahead of the national struggle to destroy the power base of the terrorists who attacked Americans abroad and on American soil.”
What the hell is Yglesias talking about?