[Vision2020] anti-Semitism

[Douglas]

Morning, visionaries,

We have to be careful lest a love-fest break out here, but I would like to 
thank Rose for coveting my tag line, and for saying publicly that in her 
view I am not an anti-Semite. She says also that if I were to display any 
of those tendencies she would hop on it like a fly on sugar. Let me say 
here that if I were to do any such thing, I cordially invite her to do so 
with enthusiasm.

Thomas Bartnick believes that I have reviled Douglas Stambler, which I 
don't think is the case. Whatever the reason, Stambler is unbalanced, and 
in certain settings, he is dangerous. His current weapon of choice is 
slander, which he is spreading around the country at the speed of light. 
People here in Moscow know him and can discount what he is doing, but on 
the other side of the country, lies can be more credulously believed. Since 
Stambler's choice of weapons is words, we answer with words. But please 
note, our use of polemics with regard to him is parry, not thrust. We are 
not trying to "get" him; we are simply defending ourselves.

One of the reasons we need to do so is that others who have more apparent 
credibility (at least right now) have taken up the same kind of smears and 
tactics for spreading the smears (even though they should know better, 
Wayne). The sooner everybody sees this the better. You cannot act just like 
Stambler and then not be associated with him. Wayne has joined a food fight 
that was already in progress, and wants to keep his dignity by throwing 
only green jello while Stambler, clearly an unbalanced man, has opted for 
throwing the meat loaf and mashed potatoes. As far as I am concerned, Wayne 
can explain the nuances of his position to the junior high principal, who 
is just outside in the hall.

Wayne also says, "I didn't realize that denigrating ethnic humor was back 
in style. How naive of me." In my post yesterday, when I defined a joke as 
an entertainment for lesser-evolved primates, I forgot to mention that 
"jokes" are also something of an elementary puzzle, and that a certain 
response is called for from the hearer. This response is something that 
primitives used to call "getting it."

One last thing. Although it is always great fun for liberals to play the 
race card, in this instance, you need to look both ways before you cross 
that street. I wonder how many racially-mixed families attend Christ 
Church? Check it out before you make accusations. We have all kinds -- 
Scots, Irish, English, you name it.

Official notice to humorless logicians: the penultimate paragraph of this 
post was a joke.

Cordially,

Douglas Wilson