{"id":9779,"date":"2017-01-26T14:41:23","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T22:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/?p=9779"},"modified":"2017-01-26T14:41:23","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T22:41:23","slug":"9779-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/9779-2\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

From an Angry Reader:<\/h3>\n
Angry Reader Bill Anderson<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

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Hi<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
I know it is a job but ….<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
He is awful. Why he writes this tosh and why anyone would read it is beyond peculiar, Try to get him seen. Even for bozo right wing ideologues there are limits.<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
Best Wishes\u00a0<\/i>
\n<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n
Bill Anderson<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Victor Davis Hanson’s Reply:<\/h3>\n
Dear Angry Reader Bill Anderson,<\/div>\n
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You do not specify a particular column, but apparently are just angry in general at \u201cright wing ideologues.\u201d Also please define \u201cawful\u201d\u2014as in you do not agree with the conclusions, or you find the argument illogical?<\/div>\n
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Again, the problem with the Left (cf. the latest rants of Madonna, Ashley Judd, the SNL writer, etc.) is that in place of an argument we get only invective (\u201ctosh,\u201d \u201cbozo,\u201d \u201cawful,\u201d etc.). Worse still is the thematic condescension, as if being for \u201cequality\u201d and \u201cfairness\u201d ensure virtue and thus allow the writer like yourself to indulge in cheap smears and to vent rather than reason. Using archaic Anglicisms like \u201ctosh\u201d is not a good way to reach the proverbial masses, your apparent constituency.<\/div>\n
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As for you other two points:<\/div>\n

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1) \u00a0“Why anyone would read it is beyond peculiar\u201d: Mr. Anderson, whether a columnist still writes is predicated on whether anyone reads the column; it is not a peculiar process at all. When readers go elsewhere, traffic ceases, and the laws of the journalistic arena force the columnist to cease. For example, if I wrote rants with words like \u201ctosh\u201d and \u201cbozo\u201d I would be asked to cease the embarrassment rather quickly. Readers would conclude that I had nothing to say other than to spew slanders to maintain a \u201cjob,\u201d and move on.<\/div>\n
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2) \u201cTry to get him seen\u201d: So people with whom you disagree are de facto in need of psychiatric treatment\u2014in the fashion of the old Soviet Union which institutionalized politically incorrect thinkers? Or is that just another leftist snark akin to \u201ctosh\u201d?<\/div>\n
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Sorry, I write briefly, but you did not provide me much to work with.<\/div>\n
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Best wishes,<\/div>\n
Vic Hanson<\/div>\n

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From an Angry Reader: Angry Reader Bill Anderson Hi I know it is a job but …. He is awful. Why he writes this tosh and why anyone would read it is beyond peculiar, Try to get him seen. Even for bozo right wing ideologues there are limits. 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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":11765,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/angry-reader-04-04-2019\/","url_meta":{"origin":9779,"position":1},"title":"Angry Reader 04-04-2019","author":"victorhanson","date":"April 4, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"From An Angry Reader: Sir: I thought you were supposed to be an intellectual. Hoover Institution and all that. Then you go off on an illegal immigrant killing an American. That's Rush Limbaugh turf. (the 2 semester and out fellow) I guess you're just another partisan propagandist after all. Sorry.\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":11181,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/5-09-18-angry-reader\/","url_meta":{"origin":9779,"position":2},"title":"5-09-18 Angry Reader","author":"victorhanson","date":"May 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"From An Angry Reader: Wow. You are a moron. How is it, that Comey\u2019s memos, which were his that he wrote, as an FBI agent, which were still his, once he was fired from his FBI job, by an obstructing president, \u201cleaking of classified material\u201d?? 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I apologize as I realize right-wing\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11925,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/angry-reader-7-30-2019\/","url_meta":{"origin":9779,"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":9501,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/angry-reader-7\/","url_meta":{"origin":9779,"position":5},"title":"Angry Reader","author":"Megan Ring","date":"October 13, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Comment from a Reader: Dear Mr. Hanson; I left the Republican Party soon after watching eight years of ineffective \"leadership\" by Mitch McConnell, John Bohner, and now Paul Ryan. 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