{"id":9954,"date":"2017-03-17T11:18:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T18:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/?p=9954"},"modified":"2021-07-26T10:26:10","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T17:26:10","slug":"9954-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/9954-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Academy Untoward"},"content":{"rendered":"

03\/17\/17
\nFrom an Angry Reader:<\/h3>\n

Mr. Hanson. Don’t know what Acadamy awards you were watching but my husband and I watched the whole show.\u00a0 There was no bashing of Mr Trump at all during the entire show.\u00a0 Jimmy Kimmel did some jokes but light weight.\u00a0 So please we are tired of all the lies ..<\/em><\/p>\n

Thank you<\/em><\/p>\n

Hallie Bosetti<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Victor Davis Hanson’s Reply:<\/h3>\n

Dear Angry Reader Hallie Bosetti,<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

You do not disappoint.<\/p>\n

1) In fact, I watched some of the Oscars and you are quite wrong that \u201cthere was no bashing of Mr. Trump at all during the entire show.\u201d<\/p>\n

Below I quote the synopsis from Entertainment Weekly<\/em>, a standard, nonpartisan journal that covers Hollywood.<\/p>\n

Read carefully please their account of the Academy Awards (http:\/\/ew.com\/tv\/2017\/02\/26\/oscars-trump\/<\/a>) \u00a0Here is a sampling following their headline \u201cOscars Attack Trump: Celebs Unleashed on Hollywood\u2019s big night<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

The first salvo against Donald Trump was fired only a few minutes into the Oscars \u2014 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\u2019s most luminous tackled Trump and his policies during the\u00a0the\u00a089th annual Academy Awards. From host Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s opening\u00a0monologue,\u00a0to the acceptance speeches, to those blue ribbons on tuxedo lapels, there were direct and indirect references to the 45th president throughout the ceremony.<\/em><\/p>\n

2) Why do you resort to attacks like\u00a0\u201cwe are tired of all the lies\u201d in lieu of an argument? Such desperation only undermines your modest efforts.<\/p>\n

3) Academy is not spelled Acadamy.<\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/p>\n

Victor Davis Hanson<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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.\u00a0 There was no bashing of Mr Trump at all during the entire show.\u00a0 Jimmy Kimmel did some jokes but light weight.\u00a0 So please we are tired of all the lies .. […]<\/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-2Ay","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9957,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/9957-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":9954,"position":0},"title":"Academy Untoward 2","author":"victorhanson","date":"March 20, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"From an Angry Reader: After reading your discombobulated thoughts on Academy Awards, Mayor Bloomberg, et al., I now know why newspapers have traditionally been used as toilet tissue. M. Buendia Breinigsville PA Victor Davis Hanson's Reply: Dear Angry Reader M. Buendia, Are such angry letters mass produced in some central\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":10197,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/angry-reader-13\/","url_meta":{"origin":9954,"position":1},"title":"Angry Reader","author":"victorhanson","date":"May 24, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"From an Angry Reader: Mr. Hanson, Normally, I would find a credentialed resume such as yours quite impressive and interesting, however, the deluded and incredulous nonsense I witnessed you spouting on FOX News with Tucker Carlson, that Russian involvement with the Trump campaign exists only as a 'trumped up' Dem\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":11757,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/angry-reader-04-03-2019\/","url_meta":{"origin":9954,"position":2},"title":"Angry Reader 04-03-2019","author":"victorhanson","date":"April 3, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"From An Angry Reader: Well, a quick scan of your website revealed you actually have a whole section dedicated to \u201cAngry Reader\u201d mail. One would think, a man of your so-called intellect, would perhaps have a small moment of introspection and realize the true damage Donald Trump and the current\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":9954,"position":3},"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":9501,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/angry-reader-7\/","url_meta":{"origin":9954,"position":4},"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. But the tipping point came when Trump was nominated for president. I cannot belong to a political party that would nominate\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12472,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/angry-reader-07-07-2020\/","url_meta":{"origin":9954,"position":5},"title":"Angry Reader 07-07-2020","author":"victorhanson","date":"July 7, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"From An Angry Reader: Subject: Fox News appearance Hi, As I watched you on McCallum\u2019s show sort of hesitantly and with some confusion discuss your claims about Biden\u2019s cognitive state, my mom\u2019s dementia came to mind. I recommend you take the usual battery of tests to determine where you 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\/9954"}],"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=9954"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9968,"href":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9954\/revisions\/9968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}