kickass takdown of Farhad Manjoo by minstrel boy

http://rigint.blogspot.com/2006/06/if-i-only-had-plane.html

Wednesday, June 28, 2006
If I Only Had a Plane


Strawman, going straight to the devil
Strawman, going straight to hell - Lou Reed

It hasn't been a month since Salon's Farhad Manjoo declared case closed on 2004 election fraud. (The abbreviated argument, via Sadly, No: "There may have been widespread election fraud in 2004, but what really gets me steamed is the zany conspiracy theory that it might have affected the election.”) But he's already back to slay another conspiracy dragon with "The 9/11 deniers." And yes, that's the implication: to dispute the finding of the Kean commission is to make yourself a fellow traveller with Holocaust revisionists. (Though truthfully, we need to be careful about what company we keep.)

Is Gerald Posner glancing anxiously over his shoulder? The 28 year old Manjoo seems to be making a run for his title of Alpha Debunker. His prejudicial deference to authority, his selection and deselection of evidence, his strawmen and his sarcastic disdain for contrary thought should grease his way to great success. And conventional wisdom's eager-to-please houseboy has already come a long way since his 2000 graduation, "with apparently no advanced degrees in social science or political science."

Here's my version I posted yesterday:
http://reprehensor.gnn.tv/blogs/16343/Et_tu_Salon

Rigorous Intuition is a superb blog. I really respect the way his mind works, and his pattern recognition ability. Highly recommended.

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