tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post8036789619081583966..comments2024-03-28T21:32:41.763-05:00Comments on driftglass: How To Write a David Brooks Columndriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-14779437030372835172013-06-14T18:58:36.831-05:002013-06-14T18:58:36.831-05:00This is great, but you forgot a few obvious things...This is great, but you forgot a few obvious things:<br /><br />1) cloak it in religion. Throw in lots of God references, or statements from "Holy people" to give your point weight.<br /><br />2) start by quoting a famous but slightly obscure book. Some Montaigne or Diderot will do nicely. Or a 19th century American economist.<br /><br />3) Make links between the unquestioned, solid words of the 29th century writer and your current point or argument, even if there's no connection. Find a link, for example, between Tocqueville's observations about simple folk he observed and the Bobos in Paradise who spend their yuppie money on frivolities and indulgences, even though there are no such links.<br /><br />4) Imply conservative "values" are better than anything today, even though under these values blacks are chattel, women are property and one percent of the populace controls the other 99. These are known to types like Brooks as "The good old days."<br /><br />5) Completely ignore colleague and Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman, who has probably already blown your argument to smithereens with facts, historical argument and statistics.<br /><br />6) NOW lather, rinse, repeat!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-65410436030874383132010-08-05T10:13:55.591-05:002010-08-05T10:13:55.591-05:00This is great, the only other thing I would mentio...This is great, the only other thing I would mention is the reductionist, binary nature of his thinking -- as you say, everything (literally everything) comes exactly in twos!South Florida Lawyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00810384287103818406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-14730536556820809272010-08-04T04:11:47.464-05:002010-08-04T04:11:47.464-05:00Let me help ya out here Drifty.
You can distill ev...Let me help ya out here Drifty.<br />You can distill every one of <br />Bobo's columns down to five words, every time.<br />"But they are both probably"....<br /><br />Ad nauseum.<br /><br />Yer wasting your breath on that worthless waste of skin, he isn't going to change, think Broder, with less substance.<br /><br />Gag.<br /><br />BustedPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15695733883033137146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-62387769959290738722010-08-04T02:18:10.085-05:002010-08-04T02:18:10.085-05:00"The Morphologied LIEfe" is more appropr..."The Morphologied LIEfe" is more appropriate.....Myrtle Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04623116646104252655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-78211931839692620462010-08-03T21:24:40.176-05:002010-08-03T21:24:40.176-05:00What happened to Onan the Establishmentarian?What happened to Onan the Establishmentarian?Spothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04320639130804814361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-7131904765672450842010-08-03T18:16:55.770-05:002010-08-03T18:16:55.770-05:00Shorter Bobo:
"Ignore what's 'right&...Shorter Bobo:<br /><br />"Ignore what's 'right'--that's just tiresome; do what <i>makes money</i>."Esteevnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-70343652656633480892010-08-03T15:33:02.956-05:002010-08-03T15:33:02.956-05:00I can hear DFB dog whistle from my house.
Shorter...I can hear DFB dog whistle from my house.<br /><br />Shorter DFB:<br /><br />A Well-Planned Life (let's call him a conservative) is a 'real' American who attends Oxford and knows exactly what he wants in life.<br /><br />A Summoned Life (let's call her a liberal) has no fucking clue what the hell she wants in life.<br /><br />Both ways of life may be valid, but I'll let you decide whether the 'real' American is more valid than that crazy liberal bitch.Rokethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17409177509254516312noreply@blogger.com