Total perspective failure

[Brandenburger Toro]

Rod Dreher, following Melanie Phillips, sheds the trappings of his earthly body and ascends into pure crazy.

Abu Al in the comments is me.

I can't post there as toro toro anymore, as I have been banned. Apparently, I am incapable of commenting on any story without being "snide". As if!

[Tubby Isaacs]

Total perspective failure

I like his clarification:

I'm simply saying that I was more shocked by this tidbit about the decadent teenage culture in a tiny Texas town than I was by the foul crime itself. Big difference.

That explains it.

[Guest]

Total perspective failure

Why are you reading a blog called CrunchyCon?

[Brandenburger Toro]

Total perspective failure

Only about 60% of the blogs I follow are by people I even broadly agree with. Dreher is intelligent and articulate, and one of the most prominent voices of an intriguing strain of conservatism that has much to recommend it.

On the other hand, he's a jibbering homophobic loon, and I like taking the piss out of his persistent misunderstanding of Alasdair MacIntyre.

[Guest]

Total perspective failure

Dreher is intelligent and articulate

Well, clearly not that intelligent.

[Brandenburger Toro]

Total perspective failure

I don't use it as a term of approbation.