I realize this was a comment you quoted but still, I am amazed at how groupies have to know what the group approves of before they think or express an opinion. Eff the group!
I too like Barnes...and Kristol...and Krauthammer. I don't always agree with them, but I appreciate their viewpoints.
I took Lindy's comment to be entirely tongue-in-cheek -- a veiled criticism of the group-think that seems to infect many of the FReepers who regularly bash anything connected with the National Review or the Weekly Standard.
Some of the habitual NR-bashers and WS-bashers apparently take the stance that if a Barnes or a Krauthammer seems at any time even tangentially or even slightly to favor some bad policy, like amnesty for illegals, regardless the context of his remarks, then he is always and ever thereafter supposed to be denounced, ignored, shunned and banished.
While this "group-think group" may constitute a small percentage of FReepers, they seem to dominate a disproportionately large percentage of threads. And maybe a little sarcastic humour, à la Lindy, is sometimes the best response.
>> I too like Barnes...and Kristol...and Krauthammer. I don't always agree with them, but I appreciate their viewpoints. <<
Maybe a bit risky to admit. You'd best don your flame suit and anti-zot armour ASAP!