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Defend America on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 6:09:53 PM
Frank Rich and the State of Liberal Commentary
The New York Times columnist offers insults in the guise of thought.
If
one had to read one columnist to appreciate the state of contemporary
left-wing commentary, my nomination would be Frank Rich of the Sunday New York Times.
No
well-known columnist better exemplifies the worst aspects of today’s
Left. Virtually every piece is filled with anger, filled with ad
hominem responses to arguments, filled with insults of opponents, and
at the same time devoid of arguments. A Frank Rich column is
essentially a weekly tantrum meant to make his readers nod in agreement
and reinforce their contempt for those who differ with them. offer this past Sunday’s column as an example.
The subject was the “don’t ask, don’t tell” (DADT) policy regarding gays in the military.
Not
a single serious argument from proponents of DADT was cited, nor did
Rich offer a single argument in behalf of repealing it. Instead, the
article was a smear of all who support retaining that policy or the
male-female definition of marriage. The article contains 71 sentences.
Twelve contain an insult. I suspect that the many Times readers who love Rich’s columns — this was listed as the second most e-mailed piece — generally read them to have their hatreds reinforced, not for cogent arguments.
http://article.nationalreview.com/424390/frank-rich-and-the-state-of-liberal-commentary/dennis-prager