Julian Sanchez cries Molach. (Is there anyone who doesn't adore Julian's brain?)
He worries about the disembodied Ressentiment, the larger part of which, I would argue, has been manufactured, under such rubrics as Reagan Revolution and exposed by others, like Frank Shlafly. This year's quote-example, "Get your government hands off my Medicare!", is my all time favorite. Isn't it just the quintessential embodiment of what we're talking about?
He says, "fuck tone", but it was the destruction of 'tone' of 'civility' that is the admitted modus operandi of Coulter and DeSouza and other Reagan movement folks to unseat the 'liberal elites'. That's not to deny his distinction, but to suggest that the two go hand-in-glove.
So, those who started out wanting to 'poke fun' at 'liberal pieties' have their Molach now. Welcome to your Pottersville, children of the Reagan Devolution...
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Molach
