{"id":12592,"date":"2020-08-29T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T13:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/?p=12592"},"modified":"2020-08-28T15:52:18","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T22:52:18","slug":"angry-reader-08-29-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/angry-reader-08-29-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Angry Reader 08-29-2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>From\nAn Angry Reader:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>dang dude you\u2019re racist<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jacob Kovacs-Goodman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>______________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dear Angry Something or Other Jacob\nKovacs-Goodman,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is not wise to level an ad hominem charge of racism\nagainst someone without producing any evidence whatsoever to support your\nsmear. Somehow your slang \u201cdang dude\u201d rings falsely, more likely the\naffectation or constructed slang of an otherwise neurotic and conflicted elite,\nthan the real anger of someone of the working class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Victor Davis Hanson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From An Angry Reader: dang dude you\u2019re racist Jacob Kovacs-Goodman ______________________________________________________________________________ Dear Angry Something or Other Jacob Kovacs-Goodman, It is not wise to level an ad hominem charge of racism against someone without producing any evidence whatsoever to support your smear. Somehow your slang \u201cdang dude\u201d rings falsely, more likely the affectation or constructed slang [&hellip;]<\/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":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p466Sb-3h6","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10844,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/10844-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":12592,"position":0},"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. 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Please understand that the disasters facing the US at present from identity politics, an almost overtly lying media, leadership that basically\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 13 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 13 comments","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/not-so-angry-reader-jacob\/#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10825,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/10825-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":12592,"position":2},"title":"From An Angry Reader: &nbsp;\u2026","author":"victorhanson","date":"December 15, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"From An Angry Reader: \u00a0 It\u2019s a good thing I\u2019m 3,000 miles (4,828 kilometers) away from you. \u00a0 You can take that any way you want. \u00a0 Daniel Weir Washington, DC \u00a0 ___________________________________________ \u00a0 Dear Angry Reader Daniel Weir, \u00a0 Making personal threats against someone with whom you disagree is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Angry Reader&quot;","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":3302,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/angry-reader\/","url_meta":{"origin":12592,"position":3},"title":"Angry Reader","author":"victorhanson","date":"August 6, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Private Papers Victor, The ostensible\u00a0cassi belli\u00a0for attacking Iraq were to destroy Saddam's WMD (nonexistent), stop his nuclear bomb development program (nonexistent), and eliminate his ties to al Qaeda (nonexistent). We can't \"win\" the Iraqi war because its illusory objectives were never possible of attainment. Over 4,000 brave Americans are dead,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;August 2008&quot;","block_context":{"text":"August 2008","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/ahref=\/index.php\/categories\/angry-reader\/categorylink\/a\/archives\/2008\/august-2008\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10363,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/10363-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":12592,"position":4},"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. 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