03/17/17
From an Angry Reader:
Mr. Hanson. Don’t know what Acadamy awards you were watching but my husband and I watched the whole show. There was no bashing of Mr Trump at all during the entire show. Jimmy Kimmel did some jokes but light weight. So please we are tired of all the lies ..
Thank you
Hallie Bosetti
Victor Davis Hanson’s Reply:
Dear Angry Reader Hallie Bosetti,
As I have noted in the past, there are typical characteristics of all angry progressive letters: 1) an inability simply to tell the truth and chronic distortion; 2) a resort to ad hominem attacks without argumentation; and 3) an inability to write coherently.
You do not disappoint.
1) In fact, I watched some of the Oscars and you are quite wrong that “there was no bashing of Mr. Trump at all during the entire show.”
Below I quote the synopsis from Entertainment Weekly, a standard, nonpartisan journal that covers Hollywood.
Read carefully please their account of the Academy Awards (http://ew.com/tv/2017/02/26/oscars-trump/) Here is a sampling following their headline “Oscars Attack Trump: Celebs Unleashed on Hollywood’s big night”
The first salvo against Donald Trump was fired only a few minutes into the Oscars — and then they just kept on coming. In what might be an unprecedented numbers of jokes, allusions, and sincere articulations inspired by a single person during an awards telecast, Hollywood’s most luminous tackled Trump and his policies during the the 89th annual Academy Awards. From host Jimmy Kimmel’s opening monologue, to the acceptance speeches, to those blue ribbons on tuxedo lapels, there were direct and indirect references to the 45th president throughout the ceremony.
2) Why do you resort to attacks like “we are tired of all the lies” in lieu of an argument? Such desperation only undermines your modest efforts.
3) Academy is not spelled Acadamy.
Sincerely,
Victor Davis Hanson
