If you publish my letter on your website, it may best be placed in the \u201cAngry Reader\u201d category. I only agree with you 10 percent of the time, but I\u2019m not angry. You are one of the two or three best conservative commentators, in my view.<\/em><\/p>\n Three questions and one observation:<\/em><\/p>\n 1) Who is the currently serving U.S. Representative, Senator or Governor that you most admire?<\/em><\/p>\n 2) Who is the left-wing writer or commentator that you most respect? (The lefty VDH, if you will.)<\/em><\/p>\n 3) The most negative word I\u2019ve seen you use to describe the current President is \u201cuncouth\u201d. So, what level of uncouthness would disqualify a man from this office? In other words, if his policies meet your approval, is it \u201canything goes\u201d for you, in terms of a candidate or office-holder\u2019s personal behavior?<\/em><\/p>\n Observation: I\u2019ve noticed that when one of your readers criticizes DJT, you acknowledge the complaint, then quickly pivot to a \u201cDems\/progs are worse\u201d argument. Valid or not, this line of reasoning lends some of your writings a certain repetitive nature, verging on boring.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em>Thanks from one who wishes to remain anonymous.<\/em><\/p>\n _________________________<\/p>\n Dear Anonymous Angry Reader,<\/p>\n Ten percent agreement is better than none. Here are your answers:<\/p>\n 1) I admire freshman Senator Tom Cotton and Rep. Devin Nunes.<\/p>\n 2) Hmmm\u2014left wing commentator? In terms of traditional Democrats, I think it would be Joel Kotkin and Walter Russell Mead.<\/p>\n 3) What uncouth behavior would separate Trump\u2019s message from Trump the messenger to such a degree that I would withdraw support? Perhaps if Trump 1) had sexual relations in the Oval Office bathroom with a young female intern assigned to him, and then lied about it and smeared her; or 2) I learned that Trump approved the sale of 20% of U.S. uranium holdings to Russian interests while in office, even as his wife got huge honoraria from the Russians and his foundation suddenly found itself showered with gifts. If he invites a rapper into the White House whose ankle bracelet goes off, I\u2019ll give him a pass.<\/p>\n Citing an Obama parallel is not the logical fallacy known as \u201ctu quoque\u201d (you too) for two reasons: I do not rely on \u201cObama (etc.) did worse without media worry\u201d alone, but only employ it to show the uneven current press coverage and the bias inherent in their reporting (80% negative according to the Shorenstein Center)\u2014along with empirical arguments\u00a0that have nothing to do\u00a0with comparative culpability.<\/p>\n Well, I have been writing columns since 2001, often more than three a week. So the\u00a0aggregate is now approaching some 2,500 or more, so some repetition is natural?<\/p>\n Anonymous<\/p>\n From An Angry Reader: If you publish my letter on your website, it may best be placed in the \u201cAngry Reader\u201d category. I only agree with you 10 percent of the time, but I\u2019m not angry. You are one of the two or three best conservative commentators, in my view. Three questions and one observation: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p466Sb-2Jg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6531,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/angry-reader-9-a-facebook-comment\/","url_meta":{"origin":10494,"position":0},"title":"Angry Reader #9 — A Facebook Comment","author":"victorhanson","date":"September 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"\"I will concede that you are almost always right (no joke). However, I don't agree that a year from now the \"American public will have a vague idea that about a year earlier something happened sometime to someone in Syria, but what and when and where and why they are\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Syria"","block_context":{"text":"Syria","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/ahref=\/index.php\/categories\/angry-reader\/categorylink\/a\/the-world\/the-middle-east\/syria\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10844,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/10844-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":10494,"position":1},"title":"From Angry Reader Jeffrey Rowland\u2026","author":"victorhanson","date":"December 20, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"From Angry Reader Jeffrey Rowland So...after one year in office, Trump\u2019s biggest (AND ONLY!) accomplishment is that he is King of Twitter? You must be very proud. By the way, how\u2019s that Trumpcare thing workin\u2019 out for ya? \u00a0Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!! \u00a0Idiot. Moron. Buffoon. Simpleton. Test Tube Baby! ______________________________________________________________________________\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Angry Reader"","block_context":{"text":"Angry Reader","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/ahref=\/index.php\/categories\/angry-reader\/categorylink\/a\/angry-reader\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11754,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/angry-reader-04-02-2019\/","url_meta":{"origin":10494,"position":2},"title":"Angry Reader 04-02-2019","author":"victorhanson","date":"April 2, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"From An Angry Reader: Dear Mr. Hanson, though your academic accreditations appear substantial, your view of history seems almost deliberately moronic. I generally don\u2019t like to wade into a debate with an ad hominem; but defending George Bush and his disastrous military policies?? The only rational explanations are intentional distortion\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Angry Reader"","block_context":{"text":"Angry Reader","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/ahref=\/index.php\/categories\/angry-reader\/categorylink\/a\/angry-reader\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10363,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/10363-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":10494,"position":3},"title":"From an Angry Reader: Dr.\u2026","author":"victorhanson","date":"July 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"From an Angry Reader: Dr. Hanson, You will not like what I am about to say. It's a good thing we're 3,000 miles apart.\u00a0 Because if I saw you on the street, I'd ... A threat?\u00a0 You decide. Daniel Weir Washington, DC dweir3@icloud.com Reply from Victor Davis Hanson: Dear Second-time\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Angry Reader"","block_context":{"text":"Angry Reader","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/ahref=\/index.php\/categories\/angry-reader\/categorylink\/a\/angry-reader\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11925,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/angry-reader-7-30-2019\/","url_meta":{"origin":10494,"position":4},"title":"Angry Reader 7-30-2019","author":"victorhanson","date":"August 3, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"From An Angry Reader: Dont worry , no silly greetings for you. Ha ha ha , reading your opinion in Albuquerque Journal made me laugh out loud. Fortunately, I rarely read such Bull Shit. Such crap is beyond belief. Thanks for the Laugh , Darrell Little \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Dear Angry Reader\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Angry Reader"","block_context":{"text":"Angry Reader","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/ahref=\/index.php\/categories\/angry-reader\/categorylink\/a\/angry-reader\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10967,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/02-09-18-angry-reader\/","url_meta":{"origin":10494,"position":5},"title":"02\/09\/18 Angry Reader","author":"victorhanson","date":"February 14, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"From An Angry(?) Reader: Greetings Professor Hanson! For many years now, I have followed you on talk radio, TV interviews, YouTube videos, books and published articles. I greatly appreciate your commitment to truth, accurate history and the application of those two principles to current events. Your reasoning and observations are\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10494"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10494"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10501,"href":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10494\/revisions\/10501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Victor Davis Hanson’s Reply:<\/h3>\n
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