That last line in his piece is famously part of what William F. Buckley said to Gore Vidal after the latter called him a “crypto-Nazi”.
And in all that time, nobody ever fixed the than/then error.
You…grammar Nazi!
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There was a great piece on NPR today about the Tea Party in Manassas, VA. They quoted numerous folks talking about how the gubmint was destroying the constitution. When asked what was being destroyed in the constitution, they all got vague – but several insisted they knew what values the country was founded on and knew a lot about the constitution.
The cognitive dissonance really is kind of jarring. I accept that NPR is probably cherry picking, to some extent, but it’s still pretty amusing.
Awwww. Too bad.
I loved this bit:
Some tea party members criticized the sign, and North Iowa Tea Party co-founder Bob Johnson acknowledged the pictures overwhelmed the intended message of anti-socialism.
No…I think we got the point.
I hear people say many times
Many times. Many times? MANY TIMES!
[I]
Radical leaders prey on the fearful & naive[/I]
And the final score is:
Radical Leaders: 0
Not-so fearful or naive: 1
Yeah, right, their message about “socialism” got lost in the iconography. The truth is their bluff got called and they beat feet to get outta town hoping no one noticed the real message that they were attempting to prey on the weak and fearful through outlandish fear-mongering.
Brave Tea Party ran away.
Bravely ran away, away.
When danger reared its ugly head,
They bravely turned their tail and fled
Yes, Brave Tea Party turned about
And gallantly they chickened out
Bravely taking to their feet
They beat a very brave retreat
Bravest of the brave, Tea Party!
Crypto-fascist.