Some days are worth waking up to. Today was such a day. I learned that my old buddy’s still reads my blog his protestations to the contrary notwithstanding. All it took was a poke to nudge him into admitting a lurker status. Heck, I’ll even forgive him for using Fox News as his Internet Home Page. I’ll let his email speak for itself:
Harry:
As former (Democratic) Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan reportedly said, you are entitled to your own opinions, but you aren’t entitled to your own facts. You are even free to depart from reality.
Obviously, I haven’t quit reading your blog. However, you might reasonably conclude that I don’t think that everything that you say, is nonsense; and you might reasonably conclude that I am not always motivated to respond to your bigotry and irrationality – but maybe I’m being redundant by using both of those words.
I am cynical about formal education, generally, and not just about “public education”. So, my inclination to quote from Kodachrome, is not tied to your criticism of vouchers, as you seem to suggest.
Regarding the Kodachrome words about “Sweet Imagination”, do you suppose that Simon would say that such a perspective is entertained only by boys (and men) about girls (and women), and that a converse perspective is not entertained by girls (and women) about boys (and men)? I suggest that you are the person who is objectifying, in this instance. However, as I have repeatedly suggested, you frequently depart from rationality for the purpose of promoting your bigotry.
However, we know that you are never “angry” and “unpleasant”, and we know that you never generalize or speculate (fantasize?) unfairly about anyone.
[Your Buddy]
