Part-Time Pundit: It's Time to Grow Up, Glenn

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August 31, 2005

It's Time to Grow Up, Glenn

Link Looting? Don't you think that's in a little poor taste comparing someone having a, albeit heated, disagreement with you about the ACLU?

Sure, the ACLU does some good things, but they are a part of the larger encroachment of the federal government in general and the judiciary in specific, something as a lawyer you apparently see no problem with. Let's recap.

Any abortion regulation is now a federal question, even when we're dealing with . Whether or not states can protect their kids from pedophiles is now a federal question. Whether intelligent design or evolution or both is taught in the classroom is now a federal question. Whether local school boards can decide to teach students abstinence is now a federal question. The ACLU is at the forefront of federalizing every policy dispute and instead of people dealing with things democratically at the lowest level, we are left with a system where every policy decision must be approved by a judge. That is not democracy; that is juristocracy.

When you have ACLU leaders comparing religious people with terrorists and saying all prayer is immoral, is it any wonder why people of faith are suspicious? When the ACLU supports revoking the tax-exempt status of churches (despite the fact they aren't businesses and don't produce anything) is it a wonder why we question their values?

Is a mass-delinking appropriate here because of a disagreement, maybe not. But comparing people who dislink you because of your politics to the looters in New Orleans is beyond the pale. We realize as a professor you might not take criticism well, but do try to not make every disagreement a moral failing of your opponents.

Posted by John Bambenek at August 31, 2005 2:06 PM

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The link-looting comment was not directed at you, but at basilblog. Who was, in fact, advocating link-looting, and would probably agree with Glenn’s characterization. Check out this link here:http://www.basilsblog.net/2005/08/ill_take_instap.html

Dial down the egocentric mania - it’s not all about you.

Posted by: Matthew at August 31, 2005 3:19 PM

I was going to say what Matthew did, but he got here first. He thought the post at Basil's Blog, offering to "take" the links, was amusing. Basil thought it was amusing (although he may also have sort of meant it, hard to say). It's all very tongue in cheek. Besides, Reynolds sort of agrees with you on the ACLU, he just doesn't think they are ready for the scrap heap. You can either make your case over time and try to persuade him, or trash him (unfairly) and push one of the most influential bloggers on the planet off to the other side.

Posted by: Mr. Snitch! at August 31, 2005 4:07 PM