You guys live within one awfully airtight bubble if someone like Kass represents the sort of fanatical extremist that causes your heads to explode. Though the thought might be difficult to bear, you really should try to pierce it. I would regard a world in which the only views that I ever read or listened to were ones that I completely agree with to be stultifyingly dull, but for some, apparently, it provides a measure of ecstasy.
I get the idea, but what's the point? This guy was a terrible (I mean, TERRIBLE) writer, not funny, not insightful, and seemed to hate Chicago. Life is too short to waste on that.
It reminds me of a Daily Show episode where they got a Hillary supporter and a Trump supporter together and the reporter asked each to name something good about the other candidate. The woman who supported Hillary said something about how Trump seems to like his family. (Maybe too much when it comes to Ivanka, but let's let that go.) The man who liked Trump? He said he didn't have one good thing to say.
Similarly, you think Kass is reading Zorn or, say, The New Republic and saying, "Hmmmm, interesting thoughts here"? Of course not. So why should I try to understand someone who has no interest in anything other than perpetuating bigoted, ill-conceived, fear-mongering bullshit?
i'm not sure why i'm replying to this post, but the post reminds me of the old saying: opinions are like a**holes - everybody's got one, and they all stink.
so that's my opinion.ЁЯШЙ
PS - i used to read kass regularly, and listened to his podcast. his insights on Chgo politics were, IMO, superior to those of any other commentator , print or braodcast, in Chgo. he was also a loyal, lifelong White Sox fan. haven't read or listened to him in 3 or more yrs.
I note that on X, Kass is a profligate re-poster of his readers' "attaboy" responses to his columns.
Things get slow in Indiana.
You guys live within one awfully airtight bubble if someone like Kass represents the sort of fanatical extremist that causes your heads to explode. Though the thought might be difficult to bear, you really should try to pierce it. I would regard a world in which the only views that I ever read or listened to were ones that I completely agree with to be stultifyingly dull, but for some, apparently, it provides a measure of ecstasy.
I am subscribed to Kass on X for exactly that purpose.
So am I, only on email since I don't do X. I also comment occasionally, but I'm pretty sure he doesn't repost mine.
I get the idea, but what's the point? This guy was a terrible (I mean, TERRIBLE) writer, not funny, not insightful, and seemed to hate Chicago. Life is too short to waste on that.
It reminds me of a Daily Show episode where they got a Hillary supporter and a Trump supporter together and the reporter asked each to name something good about the other candidate. The woman who supported Hillary said something about how Trump seems to like his family. (Maybe too much when it comes to Ivanka, but let's let that go.) The man who liked Trump? He said he didn't have one good thing to say.
Similarly, you think Kass is reading Zorn or, say, The New Republic and saying, "Hmmmm, interesting thoughts here"? Of course not. So why should I try to understand someone who has no interest in anything other than perpetuating bigoted, ill-conceived, fear-mongering bullshit?
i'm not sure why i'm replying to this post, but the post reminds me of the old saying: opinions are like a**holes - everybody's got one, and they all stink.
so that's my opinion.ЁЯШЙ
PS - i used to read kass regularly, and listened to his podcast. his insights on Chgo politics were, IMO, superior to those of any other commentator , print or braodcast, in Chgo. he was also a loyal, lifelong White Sox fan. haven't read or listened to him in 3 or more yrs.