Mona writes:
Yes, I agree, Reynolds’ sins against reason, liberty, and truth, and his embrace of authoritarianism, these sins are the brightest shade of blood red. And they mount daily, even hourly. Anyone reading me here or at my prior digs knows my contempt for him has been boundless.
But it is very hard for me to understand how the Glenn Reynolds that existed up through 9/11 and even for some time thereafter, could possibly co-exist with the lunatics he abides with now. I mean that literally, I cannot fathom it. Even when I supported Bush, I was revolted by Powerline and Hewitt, and it took me very little time to see that LGF was a disgusting hate site. Constant approving links to them and to abject bloodthirsty morons like Riehl, well, I just DO NOT GET IT. And I am somewhat more conservative on a few issues than Reynolds is — for example, I am quite squeamish on abortion whereas he is proudly, in his word, “pro-abortion.” So how can he be so happy-happy with the relgious right?
Everything the man wrote for so much of his life could not have been a pose, and I cannot reconcile his Old Self with his behavior in the last however many years. It truly mystifies me.
It's not that complicated, Mona: after 9/11*, Putz became a committed neocon and Republican partisan. That's it.
*Note: I cannot vouch for what he was like before 9/11. I've heard that he was a Clinton-hater, which may undermine the theory of his "conversion."
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