I'm not so sure about infuriating. It is mostly a tempest in a teapot. Goldberg's writing isn't why people know him, so his attacks on Cole are mostly resonating in places like this.
Cole is a bit more widely read, but again it is running in an echo chamber.
I can only hope, actually, that more people in Cole's position do what he did, and make a reasoned, and snarky, response; with the links to the originals.
1: the linking makes it fair... no random comments about things past without context.
2: Not taking that sort of abuse lying down is important. When one side is fond of attack theatre, and gets away with it, they are rewarded, and will keep it up. When they have the bully pulpit, they get to shape the whole debate.
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Date: 2005-02-08 07:05 pm (UTC)Cole is a bit more widely read, but again it is running in an echo chamber.
I can only hope, actually, that more people in Cole's position do what he did, and make a reasoned, and snarky, response; with the links to the originals.
1: the linking makes it fair... no random comments about things past without context.
2: Not taking that sort of abuse lying down is important. When one side is fond of attack theatre, and gets away with it, they are rewarded, and will keep it up. When they have the bully pulpit, they get to shape the whole debate.
TK