Stacy McCain: Jacksonian Conservative?

A revisitation of Levin v Squishes, commentary on Stacy and our very own Conor (with one N) Friedersdorf. I didn't know he wrote for Culture11. That explains a lot.

Still, despite some myths Stacy concocts about himself—ol’ Stacy wasn’t just a columnist down in Georgia, he delivered the papers, even printed ‘em up, makin’ the ink and pulp with his bare hands, all between drags of a de-filtered Marlboro Red—Stacy’s actually quite capable of producing prose that’s light on its feet and even (gasp!) reasoned arguments.

... This one (feud) involves the priggish J-school grad Conor Friedersdorf, a former guiding light of the thankfully deceased Culture11, who got his panties in a bunch when he heard Mark Levin use harsh language on his talk radio program—oh dear! Rod Dreher soon stopped by to wag his finger, opining that “conservatism” would win if only its adopted the gentlemanly rhetoric of Wendell Berry.

Whenever I come across people like Dreher and Friedersdorf piously attacking movement types, it miraculously makes me want to stick up for the Dittoheads (quite an accomplishment.)

Comments

[IslamoLlama]

"-- Jacksonian Conservative --"

/pinches Dan's cheek
You always sound so cute when you use big words. Might help if you had any idea what they meant.

[john]

Dan,

This is one of my regular blogs and I typically enjoy your material, but you need to get better trolls.

I mean honestly, it's like all the trolls on this site rode the short bus. They're never funny and pretty much never make a point; instead they skip straight to insults which just stinks of a complete lack of creativity.

They're not quite spammers but they do seem as if they're one step removed from posting "first" at the top of all posts.

[Dan Riehl]

John, Sorry, it's a family thing. Islamo is the mentally challenged nephew living in the basement.

Gotta go throw him a biscuit, now.

[13yankeebravo]

Do not forget his koolaid

[lala]

The worst one went away thankfully. The ones who stayed are groupies who hope that Dan will acknowledge them someday. Look at me, look at me, they shout.

[davis,br]

I'd ask Conor if he's stopped beating his wife yet today (again) ...but I see he's fled the place.

"J-school graduate" ...why am I not surprised.

[Conor Friedersdorf]

Davis,

I'm single.

It's funny you thought that was a question with no way out...

[davis,br]

Conor. It was never a question. It was an observation. And comment. Witty one, too.

[Mike]

Linked up on Conservative Disjointedness.

Enjoy!