You know, PJ, that aspect of Pitt's "essay" didn't bother me. While he put the conversation in quotes, I did not regard it necessarily as the ipsissima verba (a little Latin lingo there for you) of the speakers but rather as the reconstructed substance--the "gist," if you will. And remember, the "dialogue" was really more of a monologue--of course, it involved the Loquacious One!--with Pitt speaking in canned talking-point-like paragraphs (which I could believe he would do) and huge slow Ty speaking a few monosyllabic grunts here and there (which Pitt certainly would have us believe about his "friend," the big dumb lunk).
I just found out that Skinner is redoing the General Discussion section so that is why those links aren't working. Just found the Pitt attack on yours truly via another method in DUmmieland. However, I will be featuring a DUFU tomorrow about Leftists mocking Pitt including that Capitol Hill Leftwing writer.