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Shorter Marty Peretz
Above: Drunk on tribalism.
- Nick Kristof’s inability to take a stand on the topic of animal cruelty logically correlates with his apparent opposition to my premise that Muslims are subhuman creatures.
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alec said,
August 5, 2008 at 11:28
The irony is that if one really wanted a single type of animal cruelty to compare this flap to, it would be a poodle fight.
El Cid said,
August 5, 2008 at 11:36
So if Nick Kristof is a ridiculous hypocrite for mentioning the problems of cruelty to animals yet not taking the real step of becoming a vegan, why does Marty Peretz keep writing about the need to take military action against the Palestinians without him taking the real step to go and kill some Palestinians himself?
alec said,
August 5, 2008 at 11:44
Bonus Libelous Shorter Marty Peretz: Animal rights is for faggots; also, the sick practice of halal slaughter may shock you.
bago said,
August 5, 2008 at 13:46
Oh come on, the columnist with his head cut off schtick is so old these days. Nw here’s a question, do neocons feel pain when their wingnut welfare is cut off?
Jennifer said,
August 5, 2008 at 15:14
Heh. Reminds me of the one and only time I ever wrote to Marty Peretz, in response to a snotty column he wrote about John Kerry, wherein he employed the phrase “de haute en bas” (presumably to prove that Kerry was an arrogant elitist). My email consisted of the sole observation that the direct English translation for “de haute en bas” is “the author is so smug he’s in love with the smell of his own farts.”
Dragon-King Wangchuck said,
August 5, 2008 at 16:25
Even though Peretz claims that he “don’t really judge” Kristof, it’s pretty obvious that there’s something going on here. And there’s only one way to settle this argument.
Christopher said,
August 5, 2008 at 17:13
How will good faith negotiations with Palestine’s democratically elected government strengthen Arab conviction that Isreal is a nation that will listen to and can be influenced by means of communication other then rocket attacks?
I sure can’t think how that would work. That Kristof sure is crazy.
jim said,
August 5, 2008 at 18:42
Hoka-a-ay.
NOW I really truly get it.
They’re getting paid per logical fallacy, aren’t they?
Bitter Scribe said,
August 5, 2008 at 21:03
Don’t real Israelis ever get sick of schmucks like Perez sticking his nose in their business?
sagra said,
August 6, 2008 at 0:10
“Nw here’s a question, do neocons feel pain when their wingnut welfare is cut off?”
I don’t think that’s ever happened. Even David Brock still gets a modest monthly check.
Anne Laurie said,
August 6, 2008 at 7:45
[W]hy does Marty Peretz keep writing about the need to take military action against the Palestinians without him taking the real step to go and kill some Palestinians himself?
For goodness sakes, don’t encourage the little bugger! Do you know how hard it is to get piddle stains out of the TNR carpeting?
Michael Harrington said,
August 6, 2008 at 7:45
Is that a lineup photo? Don’t get me wrong, it distills his unwarranted smugness perfectly, but it also looks like something you would see while filling out a change of address form at the PO.
gil mann said,
August 6, 2008 at 14:57
If you’re going to be a pretentious pontificating twat, you should probably know the difference between “effect” and “affect,” much less “geese” and “Jews.”
I’d say it’s fair to ask Kristoff why he would partake of foie gras if he’s so disturbed by its production, but it’s even more fair to ask why these gasbags never take on animal welfare issues except as some kind of stupid gotcha game.
The Spine. Jesus. If TNR was a person you’d wanna give it SUCH a PINCH.
gil mann said,
August 6, 2008 at 15:20
Unsurprising update: Kristoff does not admit to eating foie gras. He admits to eating geese. His point is that factory farming is cruel, not that eating animals in inhherently wrong, and his column displays little to no hypocrisy on this point.
Peretz really puts the “insufferable douchebag” in “disingenuous.”