When will they ever learn

[pecunium]

Jonah Goldberg really needs to learn that Trouble rather the tiger in his den than the sage among his books.

Goldberg, as bellatrys pointed out, made the mistake of going after Juan Cole. I may disagree with the arguments Mr. Cole makes, from time to time, but I wouldn't dream of saying he wasn't qualified to make them.

I certainly wouldn't, after a public spanking for committing such an idiocy, return to that folly.

But perhaps that's why I'm not making the sorts of money Mr. Goldberg does, pontificating on television.

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I will say this:

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I am bothered by Cole on this - his entire critque seems to be that because Goldberg does not agree with his analysis, Col can therefore assume he KNOWS what the man has read???


and he has a problem someone took issue with that. Hell, my Logic meter exploded after the second sentence!

Cole's been doing this alot lately too - he's a smart guy, but he's made the cross over from intellectual to snob in the last year. You can't be rational if you can't admit you're wrong... and many intellectuals seem to fall into that trap.. which is usually when I stop paying attention to them. Those who cannot admit error have nothing of value to say - after all: that's certain Cole's stance on the Bush administration. It's only fair the same hold true for him. ;)

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Thanks for the links! Fascinating (and infuriating) read.

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Oh, the happy.

> Actually, of course, it would be desirable that he had read more than one book. Books are nice. They are rectangular and soft and have information in them. They can even be consumed on airplanes. Goldberg should try one.

[sethg]

The point of the "trouble rather the tiger in his den..." proverb, as I understand it, is that annoying a sage can be dangerous. Unfortunately, as you point out, Goldberg isn't exposing himself to any danger by taunting Cole. The people who pay Goldberg's bills aren't interested in learning from his expertise; their interested in hearing whatever blather confirms a certain world-view.