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Idiocy or Honesty

by John Cole|  September 7, 200410:21 am| 4 Comments

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I am not sure why Tim Blair is being so hard on James Wolcott.

We should be applauding Wolcott’s honesty. After all, other people having to live with the consequences of the ideas and sentiments of the limousine class that resides in Manhattan is what liberalism is all about.

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  1. 1.

    john b

    September 7, 2004 at 10:40 am

    Just read Woolcott’s trackbacks. Wow, right-wingers seriously don’t get metaphor…

  2. 2.

    Joey

    September 7, 2004 at 11:09 am

    John, we “get” metaphors. Heck, we’ve even been known to employ them every once in a while.

    That being said, I’m all in favor of as many people as possible pointing out a shitty metaphor.

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    Dean

    September 7, 2004 at 11:41 am

    I thought it was Chris Matthews who didn’t get metaphors?

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    Dave J

    September 7, 2004 at 2:48 pm

    We “get” metaphors, John. Yet those of us who just made it through Frances in fear for our lives take someone wishing death and destruction on us kinda’ personally. Go figure: I guess that must prove his point that we’re a bunch of unsophisticated brain-dead peons.

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