Stephanie Salter and her Sick "Jesus" Act DESTROYED By James Lileks!

The Bleat ^ | December 24, 2001 | James Lileks

[Timesink]

For those of you who were rightfully disgusted by this cheap bimbo's little whine, this should be a welcome read for you. And you really should read James Lileks's column every day anyway.

[Timesink]

PING!

[Tennessee_Bob]

Luke 22:36

“But now,” he said, “take your money and a traveler’s bag. And if you don’t have a sword, sell your clothes and buy one!"

Reckon she could expand on this a little more??

[fporretto]

Sadly, this is why leftists are more valued in the op-ed world than conservatives and libertarians.

We of the Right tend -- I say tend -- to adopt a rational approach to the things that interest us. We amass evidence, propound theories, look for test cases, and so forth. The left slathers you with emotional appeals. It shows you maimed civilians, blasted villages, the sorrowing eyes of starving orphans. It asks you to go no farther, no who-what-when-where, and especially no why. It just lets the gruesome images work on you -- and here's the awful truth, friends: they do work.

Lileks's column is a perfect dissection of the drippy, hubristic Salter piece. It's in his best style. And it shows the two assets that conservative op-ed writers bring to their trade: rational facility and the ability to use sarcasm. But I'd bet a dollar to a doughnut that the typical reader, presented with both, would be more strongly affected by the Salter column. If he were "on the fence" about the war effort, it might well sway him.

It must be possible for the Right to harness this powerful persuasive force -- but very few Right-inclined opinion writers have tried, and still fewer have succeeded. Perhaps they feel it's beneath them. What a pity.

Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
Visit the Palace Of Reason: http://palaceofreason.com

[Frances_Marion]

"Of course, let us all remember the parable of the Moneychangers in the temple, who all got up and left meekly after Jesus asked them to go."

ROFLMAO! This guy is great! Of course, the San Frantic Chronicle is easy to mock, but this guy totally reams this stupid bim. I'll bet she's hardly even cracked a bible, yet she can speak for Jesus, huh...I love idiots who relegate defending oneself with vengeance...what do these people think happens when you run out of cheeks to turn? It's a "3 strikes you're out" parable, and the islamo-fascist terrorists' batting average has just fallen to .000! Thanks, funny stuff....

[Budge]

I'll bet she's hardly even cracked a bible, yet she can speak for Jesus,...

And I will wager that had "W" quoted Jesus as this stupid bim wants him to, she would then be raising holy heck accusing him of being "one of those crazy right-wing religious fanatics."

[Fzob]

For you amusement

Merry Christmas

[Fzob]

I wasn’t aware that Christianity had chosen “Suicide as Painless” as its showcase hymm for the 21st century.

LOL and bump.

[wimpycat]

Okay, Saltus - you have the floor. TELL US WHAT YOU WOULD DO. If she believes it is possible to dismantle al Qaeda and, say, remove Iraq’s nuclear program in a way that does not involve deliberate and systemic violence, tell us how.

I'll second that! All the nay-sayers can do is point out problems--they never offer solutions; that is, they never offer real world solutions.

[Fintan]

This is hysterical.

But what never ceases to astound me is how leftists shamelessly invoke the name of Jesus Christ, then turn around without missing a beat and denounce Christianity.

[Vinnie]

In an excellent piece filled with humor this one is a gem

, a charming rogue who attends Easter service with his family then nips back to the office so the intern can roll away the stone and make little Elvis rise from the dead - are much more interesting, because they are flawed, and thus human, and some folks regard damaged people as more genuine than those with a handle on themselves.

[anniegetyourgun]

You're right, of course. Salter actually hates Jesus and obviously doesn't know Him to make a verbal caricature of Him as she did.

[anniegetyourgun]

Thank you so much for the ping - after reading the original I felt like taking a shower. Lileks revendicates.

[dpa5923]

Thanks for the ping.

Excellent rebuttal (wasn't needed for rational thinking people, but every day I'm afraid there are fewer and fewer of us) worthty of a bump.

[dpa5923]

worthty = worthy

Stupid keyboard!

[dighton]

She blowed up REAL good!

[Orual]

No, they get these worried souls whose columns always make you feel as though you’re chewing a damp blanket.

Bleeehhhh. Perfect.

[aculeus]

What you both said.

[Incorrigible]

Thanks for the link!

The Newark Star Ledger used to carry his column years ago.

[mafree]

Ping!