So today (well, technically yesterday, now that it's past 12:00) David Brooks - usually an intelligent, if highly conservative, op-ed contributor - wrote a piece about Al Gore's newest book, "The Assault on Reason" which I recommend.
I haven't read the entire thing, because I don't really have the cash to spare for it, but I did chill in the B&N on 7th Ave for a few hours leafing through the publication. Not a world-shaker, but really good. Thus, when I read DB's Op-Ed, I thought he was full of shit. So, I sent the Op-Ed column a letter saying so.
To the Editor,
Mr. Brooks characterizes Mr. Gore as “bizarre” for believing that rationality, logic, and honest, detached analysis are efficient and useful tools for understanding the human condition. Mr. Brooks mocks Mr. Gore for believing that the tools we create change how we interact with the world. Mr. Brooks attempts to portray Mr. Gore as an emotionless robot for encouraging people to attempt to think with the parts of our brain that we don’t share with reptiles, before succumbing to the destructive tendencies of irrationality. Thank you, Mr. Brooks, for seeing Mr. Gore as nothing but an adversary. Thank you for seeing nothing of value in the argument of an opponent, except as an opportunity for condemnation. Thank you for your casual abandonment of rationality in favor of ad hominem denunciation, and in doing so, proving Mr. Gore’s point
Owen Parker
Brooklyn, NY
Since you can almost hear the "...you fucking idiot" ending the last sentence, I'm guessing it's not going to pass muster. But then again, maybe it will. However it goes down, David Brooks is still a mid-brow print version of a forum troll, and as such, I feel perfectly justified in saying that he's a pencil-dicked twerp whose genital shortcomings are only outdone in their spectacular inadequacy by his mental bankruptcy.
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