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Thu. Jan 15, 2004

Conversational Kitchenware

There are voices in the kitchen: “Here, Lileks was aping many of his warblogger brethren: He reduces all lefties into an easily digestible stereotype…”

Pot…

“Being a long-term denizen of the American left myself (with time off during a few pissed-off periods), I can state with some authority that there are lefts of many creeds and moods, and not all of them get along—which is a problem in itself, but not what Lileks was going for above.”

Kettle…

“Unlike most warbloggers, James Lileks has more mundane, even pacific, interests apart from oohing and aahing after every missile strike [...] I say all this because, since 9/11, those of us who question the Bush gang’s motives and who try to place unfolding events in some kind of political/historical context have been jeered and hounded by those who’ve claimed 9/11 as their own, who’ve elected themselves as the True Spokesmen of American Purpose—the enlightened few who pelt dissenters with the debris of the Twin Towers. They are the warbloggers, the creation of whom is yet another al Qaeda-sponsored crime.”

Black…

For anyone who is irony impaired, the author chastises Lileks because he “reduces all lefties into an easily digestible stereotype,” yet he sees no problem with reducing “warbloggers” to his own snide soundbyte stereotype throughout this article. Because that’s, well … different. Not the same thing at all.

And what does James have to say about this? “So: do you think the guy who wrote that article called up this site today, hoping he�d find a foamy-mouthed point-by-point reply?”

“Maybe. Who cares? Let’s talk about the stars.”