The Inaugural Preening Twit Awards
I have grown increasingly impatient with the sloppiness, self-importance, condescension and intolerance that has come to characterize the left. Two recent letters in the Inquirer were so grating that I have decided to inaugurate an award for those who exemplify the most obnoxious affectations of the left. It will be given out whenever I choose to whoever I deem worthy (high standards, right?). Winners will receive the joy of discovering themselves to be the butt of well-deserved scorn and ridicule the next time they do a vanity search on Google.
Winner #1: Philip Lustig of Downingtown, PA
Philip wrote:
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in the very short time she has been on the court, has asked more questions than Thomas has in the many years he has been there.
I voted for President Obama because I knew he would not nominate justices with such limited intelligence. We deserve and should have better than a seat-warmer.
Philip gives no indication that he’s ever read any Supreme Court decision, let alone one by Clarence Thomas. He gives no hint that he has any interest or expertise in constitutional law. He never mentions what constitutional scholars think of Thomas. Nor does he seem to have any awareness that only a fraction of the time the justices spend on a case actually involves oral arguments. And, of course, he seems oblivious to the possibility that Thomas might have very valid reasons for observing rather than participating. But, by gosh, he sure knows that Clarence Thomas is of “limited intelligence”!
For that, Philip Lustig, I award you a Preening Twit.
Winner #2: Bud Coulson of Philadelphia, PA
Bud wrote:
For too long have Republicans let their party be a home place of bad science. Their reactions to “Climategate” and the recent cold spell demonstrate a lack of understanding of climatology…
Is Bud a practicing scientist of any flavor? Does he have any training, expertise or actual understanding of climatology himself? Or is he just regurgitating the usual things that any sophisticated intellect such as he is supposed to repeat as proof that they are such impressive and independent thinkers. Wow, Bud, repeating the usual leftwing mantras…what great insight!
You too, Bud, are awarded a Preening Twit.