You would of never survived through the Adams' and Jefferson's term(s) if vulgarities against a President sets you off.Brooks on the other hand is some sort of moralistic "conservative" creature that was called to task.
Posted on 05/03/2017 4:05:40 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
Okay, we have read a lot recently about the irreparable divide in American politics nowadays. However, I am happy to report that there is one thing about which the left & right are in mirthful unity about: the incredibly tacky David Brooks wedding registry.
Brooks got married again last Sunday after dumping his wife of 27 years for a much younger mate. That actually isn't the funny part. The laughter comes from the wealthy columnist and his bride publishing online (since taken down) of a wedding registry consisting of expensive as well as tacky items.
The question is why even post a wedding registry? Like does Brooks & Bride really need all this stuff that he can easily afford? Why didn't Mr. Moralizer who frequently wrote incredibly boring columns denouncing materialism just suggest that in lieu of wedding gifts that people just donate to his favorite charity?
He didn't do that and the comedy result has been tons of well-deserved (and hilariously brutal) reaction on the web. The most notable such reactions have been on TWITTER where they have subjected Brooks to merciless mockery.
This mockery comes from both left and right. From the left comes a Wonkette PAGE so brutal that I can't even post the title here so if you are offended please remember that I warned you. That same Wonkette page, in the spirit of political ecumenism, also contains an equally brutal (but absolutely funny) post from Luke Ford on the right.
You can find many other such postings but here is a really funny DISCUSSION THREAD on the topic of Brooks' tacky wedding registry. Here is a sample of one of the observations:
lmao @ all those fancy plates next to oxo good grips. and just one set of measuring cups? do you even gluten contamination, bro? just another shmuck with shmutz for brains, with a camouflage kitchen to paper over a liquor and take out lifestyle
So read and enjoy. Oh, and please remember you were warned about strong (but hilarious) language you will encounter so don't complain if you are offended.
Since I’m in NYC it’s only natural that I should run into the occasional NY Times writer, including Abe Rosenthal and others from the editorial side. A more conceited, pompous bunch you could not meet. I suspect Brooks had no idea that this would get such blowback, being full of himself. My favorite snide remark was the person who asked if he bought himself a red convertible.
I love how people are taking the side of this obnoxious, pompous bore and his new “trophy” wife. That he doesn’t look back on his wife of almost thirty years is just one more reason to knock him. And some men do look back, I have personal knowledge of that.
In this case, the far left has it right.
You would of never survived through the Adams' and Jefferson's term(s) if vulgarities against a President sets you off.You would of never survived through the Adams’ and Jefferson’s term(s) if vulgarities against a President sets you off.
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If you don’t understand the drive that stops this sort of thing in its tracks, is the drive to win.
If people are too afraid or too uninterested to stand their ground on the small things, like parades and vulgarities of this nature, they have already lost and they embolden the opposition.
The Broken Window theory works here too.
Conservatives are getting Alinsky-ed, Bigley.
I didn’t blame the other woman. I blame the adulterous husband.
Miss M., it’s possible that folks are not so much taking his side, as that they just don’t care about the detritus of his personal life.
I don’t read the NYT - Heck, I don’t even read the local WAPO. I vaguely recall references to the ‘crease-in-pants’, but I’ve never really registered or cared who said it. It was just another one of those things that weren’t worthy of attention.
People can write what they want, and open themselves to others stepping up and contending with them. But to many of us, a bridal registry, no matter how embarrassing or hypocritical, just isn’t worth getting agitated about. And I personally don’t find anybody’s personal sex life or marriage situation interesting - unless, again, they’re elected officials or others in positions of responsibility who represent me, and their behavior compromises them; OR they are breaking law in a way that diminishes the Rule of Law.
You seem to be offended by this ‘conceited pompous bunch’, but you are giving them credence by giving them attention at all ;-)
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