[BBB333]

You clearly are intolerant of people having fun.

Or intolerant of people who can take current events, make them funny, then informative...

That is what a good teacher does, make people WANT to learn.

Steyn would have a huge following on the radio, bringing in the ‘low information voters’ as Rush calls them.

And you ding him for ‘giggling’ too much.

[Lazamataz]

You clearly are intolerant of people having fun.

Oh, absolutely. You totally busted me. I am Free Republic's most dour, serious, unfunny poster. Joking and laughing is NOT TO OCCUR. This forum should be like a job, serious, never cracking a single smile. FUN IS BANNED.

[BBB333]

FYI, Lazamataz brought you folks in, here’s my full reply

(BTW, I think Steyn is THE BEST in radio):

You clearly are intolerant of people having fun.

Or intolerant of people who can take current events, make them funny, then informative...

That is what a good teacher does, make people WANT to learn.

Steyn would have a huge following on the radio, bringing in the ‘low information voters’ as Rush calls them.

And you ding him for ‘giggling’ too much.

[fr_freak]

I'm afraid Steyn falls into that category of conservative pundit who seems more focused on producing clever turns of phrase than on achieving real influence. His writing is brilliant, but it often lacks power because the reader becomes more engaged in the parsing of the language and doesn't feel the impact of the core idea. Too much floating like a butterfly, not enough stinging like a bee.

While I hate to give in to the dumbing down of the West, excessive erudition is not going to get the job done. We are fighting against people whose most advanced ideology fits on bumper stickers. One of the reasons for Rush's wide appeal is that he maintains a sort of folksy everyman approach when he's serving up his brilliance, allowing even left-wingers to understand his point.