From An Angry Reader:
Subject: The Dangers of…YOU
Mr. Hanson,
It appears that they let just about anyone submit an opinion even a Stanford grad. I guess you didn’t have what it takes to get into Harvard. You are obviously a Republican and that is not a good thing right now. Republicans right now are deaf, blind and stupid! It is the ignorant and uneducated schmucks like you that have all the Republican believing that party is more important than country. You may have a degree but far from being educated. Educate yourself on the facts and stop spinning the truth to make yourself look relevant. Talk about misleading your audience. Like all Republicans, you are blind to what Trump has done to your country. I’m not saying he hasn’t done anything. I mean Mexico did pay for wall right? You are an embarrassment and a traitor. You love your bullshit party over your country! I say you are a fraud. Better start to learn Russian.
You have a great future at Fox and Friends.
Howard Selcer
Howard Selcer & Associates
302 Briston Private
Ottawa, ON K1G 5R1
Ottawa/Montreal/Toronto/Vancouver/Las Vegas/Chicago
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Dear Angry Reader Howard Selcer,
You hit almost all the Angry Reader buttons: personal invective and ad hominem attacks (e.g., “traitor,” “ignorant and uneducated schmucks like you,” etc.), potty language (“bullshit”), personal arrogance (the pretentious titles and affiliations that remind us that you and your “associates” are pan-North-American and that a Harvard or Stanford pedigree equates with authority), the puerile grammatical incoherence (“that have all the Republican (sic) believing”; “You may have a degree but far from being (sic) educated”), the absence of a single example or fact to support your invective, and general ignorance about the target of your rant: I have never been a registered Republican, but currently am an Independent—after over thirty years of being a registered Democrat. Like most angry readers, you seem to deplore disunity even as your own harangues are clear evidence of why it exists.
Victor Davis Hanson
Victor Davis Hanson & Associates
The Hoover Institution, Stanford University, National Review, American Greatness, Tribune Publishing Company, Hillsdale College
Stanford/New York/Chicago/Hillsdale/Selma
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Gosh, I love Angry Reader! An absolutely brilliant concept: allow all comers to take their best shot at VDH who swats them off like annoying flies before giving them the death stomp. The baffling part is that the lightweights obviously think themselves not only worthy, but actually superior opponents. I would love to know (but for only a nanosecond) how it feels to be so thoroughly vanquished. Is there ever a dropping of the scales covering one’s eyes? Even a tiny moment of reflection? Nah. Being a dope is generally a lifetime curse.
Bravo VDH!
OMG another Canadian embarrassment! So sorry about that...that includes JFT! As a Canadian myself I am angry with the complete lack of leadership in Canada. We should be developing resources & bringing them to the world so they don't have to rely on places like Venezuela and have options to Russia and the Middle East. As we know the options provide the competition that provides a better balance of power in the world. Canada has the technology and high standards to provide the rest of the world with some of the best-practice resource management in the world. Status quo, self interest, politics & lack of leadership from Trudeau simply gets in the way of good decisions here constantly! Thank you for unemotional communications trying to impart some pertinent information to all of those people who seem to have lost their reason...and apparently their minds! Certainly many have lost all civility. Perhaps we can get through this age of misguided & misinformed ideologies! I'm not sure when that will happen, but here in Canada no capital projects or infrastructure has happened for such a long time, that when we do look at where we are it will be a very long climb back out of a deep hole! AFrom a conservative Canadian, looking to have people come to their senses and stop saying "The Sky is Falling; The Sky is Falling".
Mr Hanson, Thank you for sharing your words of Great Wisdom with us! In all the world, I have not seen a more accurate or more measured summary of world events. You are a God send to the world, if only the world will listen, as I do! God be with you and Your Loved Ones! Best Wishes and Regards, Randall B. Estes P.S. So sad to see the comments you get from people who simply choose to not 'get it'. To heck with them!
Howard, I pray someone has transported you to the hospital after you received that third degree burn from the good Doctor!
This guy is blind to anything but fascist liberal talking points. His view of the United States and President Trump is so narrow and prejudiced, I am amazed he would put his name to it. By world standards, and even our own, our economy is in better shape than it has been in at least a decade. The stock market has set new high records, our low average unemployment is the best it has been, ever. Black and Latino unemployment is at record lows. If it wasn't for the liberal shampeachment hyena and donkey show, who knows, the House might even do something to improve the lives of Americans. Sadly, the democrats seem to be suffering from an obsessive compulsive disorder called shampeachment.
Well Mr Angry Reader All you have is personal attacks. What a Joke
Howard, I think your bullshit, not Prof.Hanson. The Democrats are the guilty party,not the republicans in regards to putting partisan issues ahead of national concerns.The fact a number of Democrats blame Trump for Iranian missiles taking down a commercial jet in Tehran shows where real stupidity lies. The only thing more offensive than your stupid letter is how arrogant sounding you are.
Perfect, Professor Hanson! Game, set, match!
If you look Howard up on Linkedin you will no doubt note that his educational resume is about as unimpressive as you can get. Algonquin College of Applied Arts & Technology... please
Howard is stupid and hateful.
Victor's observances are always measured and thoughtful...logical and fair... Angry Reader's are not...he appears to have fully accepted the delusional Democrat conventional wisdom and the anti-American philosophy entailed... How Victor remains calm enough to respond politely to this angry and abusive invective is just another point in favor of his commentary's legitimacy...
This guy is from Canada!!
There are literally hundreds of aspects of the meltdown of the left that are beyond belief but the most puzzling one is that they continue to believe that they are the good guys and Republicans bad. All over the western world leftist parties have mutated into inter-sectional cults that are so delusional, so hopelessly devoid of self analysis, they are unable to see the ground shifting beneath their feet. They have become everything they always said they would never be: badly educated, naive, self-serving, theoretically out of touch. The Democrats and their European brethren now spend the majority of their time pushing cheap propaganda up a mountain that has no summit. This Century will not be theirs.
Gosh- this guy sounds so dumb, he just sounds like an internet troll. Bizarre.
Beautiful, my exact thoughts. I rarely argue for my political views, as few liberals are armed with any facts or meaningful analysis of relevant facts or events. The historic recall of such individuals rarely reaches beyond the last news cycle and always falls back on some assumed group identity they enjoy denigrating. I had the privilege of attending the Naval War College just prior to 9/11 so my perspective is somewhat different than the average TV viewer. Please continue to publish and educate the public, your efforts are greatly appreciated.
Gawd, wotta jerk! ---(sign me) Proud VDH associate
Wit and Wisdom by Mr. Hanson. Very well done.
Thank you Dr. Hanson for your clear, decisive view on the reality of what’s happening in our current political environment. It’s extraordinary that some people can’t see beyond their emotions. I’d like to hear one positive for American’s policy from the current Democrat party. I’m still a registered Democrat, but think they’ve become fascist in their approach to governing.
Careful Dr. Hanson, this guy runs a 1 man company named after himself, has a GMail business email address and attended Algonquin College of Applied Arts & Technology. Stanford was probably his safety school...
Look forward to seeing his answer. There i no reasoning with these fools, as the Louisiana National Guard General plainly stated during the Katrenia mop up, "you just can't fix stupid".
I know which of you 2 gentlemen I would prefer as a neighbor! Victor, you are stupendous.
Mr. Selcer said, " Educate yourself on the facts and stop spinning the truth to make yourself look relevant." Perhaps you Mr.. Selcer should read and absorb some facts, that is, if you really desire to know the truth. A good place to start is by reading, "The Case for Trump" by Victor Davis Hanson. Try listening to the other side with an open mind, we listen to you and others. However, the same problem seems to appear in each rambling. The rants omit facts and examples. .
A remarkably striking and unequivocal demonstration of the illimitable ignorance and unremitting tendentiousness of the Left, for whom both characteristics appear to be deliberately chosen and ardently practiced. Once, it was just sad, when a human mind was destitute of knowledge -- today, for those who honor the peculiar notions of "Progressivism", intellectual corruption and perversion have become a primary doctrine to be avidly pursued.
Professor Hanson, "illegitimi non Carborundum"
As usual Mr. Hanson your patient virtue extols the man whom has no patience or intellectual capacity to engage in a meaningful back-and-forth dialog. I learn so much from your writings and yes, I mostly agree, yet with those I do not agree with I'll do my best to question them with respect so I can at least, perhaps, understand a bit more their ideology. Most are respectful in their reply(s) and it is a win-win. Mr. Selcer I fear would not be one of those.
Why even pay attention to such clowns. They seem to dominate the frenzied hateful rhetoric of the left, even in other countries. I believe it is a mistake to to provide air time or highlight the obvious nonsense uttered by such people who have clearly lost their grip on reality and the principles that guide our country via our declaration of independence and constitution. Their failure/inability to rationally articulate or debate any current issues without demeaning and demonizing, and "deploralizing" their opponents. I'm happy to personally know many Canadian friends who provide proof that Mr Howard Selcer of Ottawa is not representative of his country mates. BTW, some of the smartest and most objective professionals in reporting and journalism work at FOX and stand head and shoulders over their "colleagues" at MSNBC and CNN.
An especially brilliant reply! And amusing at the end...
What a bore. Only charity would inspire you to respond to such incoherence.
Sounds like this guy is really upset at Trudeau and is taking it out on you VDH. Seems to me that he fits all the traits of democrat. Which party is thinking "party first" certainly not the lame republicans, it is the democrats in lock-step against anything Trump which means anything Trump tries to do for the country.
Dr. Hanson, I am sorry that you have to endure such arrogant and empty fools like Selcer - I read your essays and listen to your opinions because I find them insightful, rational, based on an objective and well-considered knowledge of history and fact, and you appreciate that actions have consequences. Your writing and interview comments are accessible, respectfully expressed, and connected to contemporary reality and fundamental Western values. I read and have thought over your books and essays, and always enjoy your media appearances. I appreciate your insights, dignity, depth of understanding, and rational analyses. And I'm grateful for all that - and also that Angry Readers don't intimidate or silence your thinking and caring about our Republic and contemporary issues. Selcer's polemics are pretentious, rude, and ignorant. I hope that he attains the disdain and unhappiness that he so justifiably deserves.
Howard Selcer boasts of some mighty impressive educational credentials: Dawson College and Algonquin College. Undoubtedly, a man of superior intellect, rigorous training, and fine judgment. And located in a country heading toward a socialist abyss by the blackface sporting metrosexual, Justin "I'm the son of a Prime Minister" Trudeau.
Never ceases to amaze me the responses you must receive from incoherent haters. Thank you for transcending the muck and keeping us in the loop of your prolific and thoughtful intelligence. More than ever, we need people like you.
Hey Vic.....probably over your head but many of your pieces have the exact same attributes as "Angy Reader". You do have a bit more polish and elan but say basic line of discussion. Physician heal thyself!
If they can not engage you with viable arguments they always resort to name calling and ridicule. Minimize their opponent to meaningless garbage.
On top of that he is from Canada.
If one is a bystander, with an independent non biased opinion, and reads the letter from the Angry Reader and then reads the reply, it is clear who is the rational, civilized, and articulate party. The tone, emotion, and intelligence reveals a lot aside from the content of the subject being addressed. Sometimes it is best to shut up before making a fool of one's self and providing proof of one's level of competence.
Fortunately for this Country, the likes of Howard Selcer cannot vote in our elections. It never ceases to amaze me how such intellectually challenged people can earn a living. Well, he will soon have Prince Harry as a soulmate.
Dear Victor Hanson - you do a wonderful job with your irate readers. Your skill and patience with their marginal reasoning shows that not only are you well equipped to be a college instructor but you also would have been successful as a kindergarten teacher. I was just thinking - the rad left says that President Trump stole the 2016 election and therefore is not a duly elected president. Does this mean that after he wins this year in 2020 he will be able to run again in 2024 without conflicts? Just thinking.
Great response BHS most especially your illustrious titles!! Love your ‘dear angry reader’ responses. Keep up the good work.
The writer is a narrow minded biased jerk who has no idea what he is talking about. I am surprised Mr. Hensen even wasted the space to replyl.
Typical Dawson College elitist! He graduated from the equivalent of Hunter College...laughable. Mr. Hanson, would you consider participating in a cage match with the Canadian PM?
Dr. Hanson, Please ignore hysterical rants such as this one - by a Canadian, no less! A mud fight with a pig is a losing proposition. The pig loves it ... and you get dirty. BTW. I'm an 82-year-old, raised in Modesto, and have been a Colorado resident for the last 42 years. I have long been a fan of your writings and meeting you, or at least hearing you speak, is on my bucket list. Best wishes, Jack Lundberg Colorado Springs, CO
Angry reader is obviously IQ-challenged.
Just deserts for an ignoramus who would take (all the time he has is a waste) good job VDH. (so sorry for my grammar)
Dear Mr. Hanson, Please let me apologize for this ignorant rant from a fellow Canadian. He probably voted for our blackface Prime Minister (Mr Dress Up) - need I say more about the level of Selcer¨s intelligence.
Professor Hanson: You're exactly correct, of course, but why dignify such drivel with a response? As with the advice for telephone robocalls, is it not best simply to hang up, rather than even acknowledging receipt? Best regards, Stephen D Leonard, MD, FACS Oberlin College (God help me!) / Duke University Medical School / Cornell University Medical College / University of Massachusetts / ATP-ASMELS