tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post6930404782018001344..comments2024-03-17T17:09:51.505-05:00Comments on driftglass: David Brooks Deploys The Otter Defense*driftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-17746395548631537282021-05-07T11:37:46.476-05:002021-05-07T11:37:46.476-05:00"Brooks is a superb thinker. Thanks for point..."Brooks is a superb thinker. Thanks for pointing me to this."<br /><br />All the people who believe the above might want to try a philosophy 101 class, to be introduced to some real thinkers and writers. Just sayin'... pagan in reposenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-73519022854438674702021-05-05T23:02:47.039-05:002021-05-05T23:02:47.039-05:00I g I was to ever have a moment of conversation w...I g I was to ever have a moment of conversation with David Brooks.<br /><br /> I will now have to first prioritize the question.<br /><br />"what do you mean the republican failure was a collective effort"?Robthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233719178495413876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-21793319101794469832020-07-07T09:40:24.949-05:002020-07-07T09:40:24.949-05:00"If you were as bad at your job as he is you&..."If you were as bad at your job as he is you'd be fired." I would argue that he is excellent at his job, it's just that his job is to muddy the waters. Confusion, obfuscation, and redirecting the focus from the perfidy of the GOP is exactly what he is paid so well to do. But it's a secret - no one will ever admit to this being the true focus of his work, although there are those lonely liberal voices out in the abyss that have been documenting this grift on the psyche of the American People and the profession of Journalism for lo these long years. But, uh, those voices don't get heard on TV or seen in the NYT. I think those voices are yelling from cornfields on the interwebs, but it's tough to know for sure because I only pay attention to the mass media. I am an American, after all....Jadonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-3992358649541425912020-07-05T19:26:47.673-05:002020-07-05T19:26:47.673-05:00Anonymous, so you're retreating to your corner...Anonymous, so you're retreating to your corner with a defense of Brooks as a decent man who calls for civility in the din of rage and bile and that should justify his positions. Sorry but DB has a 20 year rap sheet full of lies, being on the wrong side of history, slandering the left when they were ultimately proved correct, opinions made out of historical context, inability to admit when he's wrong and he's a terrible writer too. No one with that record should be a public figure the way he is. If you were as bad at your job as he is you'd be fired. It's very debatable whether he's a decent human being. After all he was a cheerleader for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and his influence in the media makes him complicit in the financial debt and deaths that resulted. Not to mention he left his wife for his assistant. Brooks is a right wing shill that doles out substanceless and easily argued republican ideas. Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14387363847506609360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-1258366317891475702020-07-04T20:54:24.124-05:002020-07-04T20:54:24.124-05:00"David (anonymous) is that you?"
haha..."David (anonymous) is that you?" <br />hahahaha perfect!!<br />(it probably is!)Johnny Feverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01688719269449107696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-77314696365743774722020-07-04T19:49:00.654-05:002020-07-04T19:49:00.654-05:00Excellent post, Anonymous. Excellent post, Anonymous. Pilafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05554291269411522794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-79178642825605044292020-07-04T14:29:49.600-05:002020-07-04T14:29:49.600-05:00DFB is a shallow-thinker's idea of what a deep...DFB is a shallow-thinker's idea of what a deep-thinker is.chrisanthemamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14876819421207331687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-90259907964900926022020-07-04T14:11:44.431-05:002020-07-04T14:11:44.431-05:00Geez, a question like that might make Dave as conc...Geez, a question like that might make Dave as concerned as Susan Collins about incivility. How on this green earth could anyone think that Brooks is a great thinker; Mike Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01634596899696462354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-67679075317344789012020-07-04T12:14:30.703-05:002020-07-04T12:14:30.703-05:00David (anonymous) is that you? David (anonymous) is that you? Mike Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01634596899696462354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-37574189622689775432020-07-04T10:18:18.638-05:002020-07-04T10:18:18.638-05:00David Brooks is a conservative, but he is also a d...David Brooks is a conservative, but he is also a decent human being advocating decency for the rest of the country. I do not believe that it’s necessary to be a flaming red firebrand spewing hate speech to be a conservative or a Republican. <br /><br />Dismissing Mr. Brooks out of hand because he doesn’t “debate” people you deem appropriate misses the point entirely. The work he does in building/rebuilding communities will have much longer-lasting positive results than any debate possibly could. <br /><br />He’s trying to build a kinder, more civilized world. That’s is why he despises Trump, who is doing the opposite. And I wholeheartedly agree with him. We could use some actual character in our leadership. Instead we’ve got a character who should go back to reality TV.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06170119243374032981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-49849044279588234082020-07-04T08:15:56.204-05:002020-07-04T08:15:56.204-05:00Boo, David Brooks is a self entitles twatBoo, David Brooks is a self entitles twatJasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14387363847506609360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-82011106505094754002020-07-04T08:14:14.802-05:002020-07-04T08:14:14.802-05:00You don't read Brooks enough. He's a cons...You don't read Brooks enough. He's a conservative make no mistake. It's very popular to be a never trumper and it gives you the leverage to be more "balanced" according to msm. This doesn't make him liberal in the slightest. Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14387363847506609360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-73822421771602960912020-07-04T08:12:32.402-05:002020-07-04T08:12:32.402-05:00You seem like a very pleasant person so I'll r...You seem like a very pleasant person so I'll respond in kind. David Brooks comes across as sensible because it's part of his image and a selling point for him. He has high profile media platforms because of it. That said, if you look past that veneer of sober mindedness and thoughtful stances you can very easily pick apart his ideas. They're really skin deep that often lack a lot of context that would work against his positions. He carries water for republicans in the end and never acknowledges the left when their points are well argued. He's really just a phony.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14387363847506609360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-8371724742349288242020-07-04T08:09:32.428-05:002020-07-04T08:09:32.428-05:00I guess it's worth mentioning that anyone who ...I guess it's worth mentioning that anyone who thinks Brooks is a superb thinker, a man that hasn't been correct about his ideas and prognostications for over 2 decades, is necessarily a boob.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14387363847506609360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-61074739352527378862020-07-04T08:07:16.832-05:002020-07-04T08:07:16.832-05:00What you enjoy and what is insightful and educatio...What you enjoy and what is insightful and educational are two different things. Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14387363847506609360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-80005745497205286802020-07-04T08:04:12.597-05:002020-07-04T08:04:12.597-05:00David Brooks is a pundit and writes his opinions v...David Brooks is a pundit and writes his opinions via NYT and babbles them on PBS as well as other high profile media platforms. You won't see him debating progressives or engaging in public discussions/debates where he can be openly challenged. I'd like you to show me where that's happened. I'll grant you he does discuss issues and he does focus on what conservatism represents but it seems he's not willing to let those ideas stand on their own because he won't allow challenges to them. Challenges that, if given proper airing, would expose Brooks as a fraud. He's quite good at presenting as thoughtful and serious but the things he writes about and says are so easily argued I think he knows deep down he can't allow himself to be put in that position. And slash and burn my friend is all the Republicans use as a debate tactic. There is no conservative ideology anymore unless lower taxes and more deregulation is what passes for issues. Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14387363847506609360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-89504525488406841942020-07-04T06:18:32.856-05:002020-07-04T06:18:32.856-05:00Couldn’t agree with you more!Couldn’t agree with you more!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13430838460388766637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-75767271337809029392020-07-04T06:17:20.566-05:002020-07-04T06:17:20.566-05:00Bravo! Really respect David and his take on the We...Bravo! Really respect David and his take on the Weavers. Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13430838460388766637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-83419977602540007492020-07-03T22:36:32.655-05:002020-07-03T22:36:32.655-05:00I mean seriously, if the Republican party is the r...I mean seriously, if the Republican party is the reasonable group of Edmund Burke and William F. Buckley Jr. loving, pragmatic, center-right patriots that David Brooks sells it as in column after column, then why are 88% of them still supporting Trump, the man that David Brooks describes in column after column as being the cause of all the problems we are facing as a country? If the Republican Party is as decent and reasonable and patriotic as Brooks describes it, shouldn't they have soundly rejected Trump back in 2016 and gone with someone like John Kasich? This is the kind of scrutiny that David Brooks never gets in any public debate. Does anyone think that asking Brooks a question like that would constitute a slash and burn debate?Nick Jr.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-72471557377139788192020-07-03T22:17:37.212-05:002020-07-03T22:17:37.212-05:00"conservative thinkers"
You might want ..."conservative thinkers"<br /><br />You might want to rephrase that. Even in extinction it's an oxymoron.<br /><br />"best conservative thinkers"<br /><br />Comedy gold!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128460666564857113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-11937045764203673902020-07-03T21:53:31.086-05:002020-07-03T21:53:31.086-05:00I see Brooks every Friday on PBS Newshour alongsid...I see Brooks every Friday on PBS Newshour alongside Mark Shields. He is NOT a Trump fan. When DT won the election against HC he proclaimed that Putin was the victor. If he is a conservative, he hides it very well behind his liberal rants. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-85912582005072249782020-07-03T21:09:39.605-05:002020-07-03T21:09:39.605-05:00How could any person of integrity softsoap the dam...How could any person of integrity softsoap the damage Trump has caused? Enter David Brooks. Enough said.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11581717510804563216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-69357164296543348952020-07-03T20:28:40.137-05:002020-07-03T20:28:40.137-05:00David Brooks is not perfect but is one of the best...David Brooks is not perfect but is one of the best conservative thinkers around in my opinion. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04577820420322544747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-55743669065875683942020-07-03T20:18:18.503-05:002020-07-03T20:18:18.503-05:00I think Brooks is very sensible. I am puzzled by ...I think Brooks is very sensible. I am puzzled by the animus in some of these columns. Emilie de Brigardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01367828365815486604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-4760585425888306012020-07-03T20:03:48.424-05:002020-07-03T20:03:48.424-05:00Yada, yada, yada,ho hum.💤😴Yada, yada, yada,ho hum.💤😴Chef Stefanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12592890555541037878noreply@blogger.com