[Speed Gibson,
Friday February 2, 2007 at 6:56am]
Molly Ivins
Kermit at Anti-Strib gives a rather glowing tribute to the late Molly Ivins, the far left columnist who soiled many a page of the Star Tribune. As you can tell already, I was no fan of hers. I of course understand the personal loss and grief her family is now experiencing. But the net contribution of her writings to society was a negative one.
Maybe you remember the late Sue Rockne, ardent DFL'er with somewhat the same "in your face" approach. I agreed not at all with her, but she always spoke with class, suitable humor, and with a big, warm smile on her face. She loved the discourse. The last thing in the world she wanted was an absence of debate.
Molly Ivins fell far short of that mark. She was mean. She got personal, well beyond "typical" ad hominem attack. Her columns were simply red meat for the left, largely void of fact and reason, nothing that would stir debate or change minds. To be fair, the right has some of these people, too, like Michael Savage, and I have no use for them either, for the same reasons.
Maybe you remember the late Sue Rockne, ardent DFL'er with somewhat the same "in your face" approach. I agreed not at all with her, but she always spoke with class, suitable humor, and with a big, warm smile on her face. She loved the discourse. The last thing in the world she wanted was an absence of debate.
Molly Ivins fell far short of that mark. She was mean. She got personal, well beyond "typical" ad hominem attack. Her columns were simply red meat for the left, largely void of fact and reason, nothing that would stir debate or change minds. To be fair, the right has some of these people, too, like Michael Savage, and I have no use for them either, for the same reasons.