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       Wednesday, January 25, 2006

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Warriors and wusses firestorm

Joel Stein is a Generation X columnist with the Los Angeles Times whose Tuesday column, "Warriors and wusses," unleashed a firestorm of criticism and hate mail. The subject of the column was why he not only opposes the war in Iraq, but also does not support the troops. Written in a sort of snotty, smart alecky tone, but without going out of his way to be meanspirited, it confirmed what a lot of conservatives already believed about antiwar liberals: That it doesn't come off as honest to claim you support the troops when you're virulently opposed to the war.

Anyway, Stein and the Times are getting absolutely hammered by the conservative blogosphere, but there's something I find very puzzling about this. Ted Rall wrote a column just last month with the same premise that was far more vicious than Stein's, but it barely garnered any attention at all, which was part of the reason I wrote a column about it, in addition, of course, to my own personal outrage. Compared to Rall, who is a vicious anti-American, Stein is little more than a silly-headed gadfly who simply hasn't grown up yet.

Judge the difference in columns for yourself.

Joel Stein column: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-stein24jan24,0,4137172.column?coll=la-news-comment-opinions

Ted Rall column:http://www.uexpress.com/tedrall/?uc_full_date=20051206

My response to the Rall column: http://www.greg-strange.com/Rall_world.html


Greg Strange writes and blogs at http://www.greg-strange.com



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posted by Greg Strange at 12:27 PM  

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