Home (Post) Mobile Authors Say Anything Register Login

Thursday, April 24, 2008

When Idiots Can’t Win An Argument…They Throw Pies

From the NYSun:
A columnist for the New York Times, Thomas Friedman, was hit in the face with a pie this week while speaking at Brown University. The Brown Daily Herald reports that the assailant was a Brown pupil who helpfully had an accomplice issue flyers denouncing Mr. Friedman for his “sickeningly cheery applaud for free market capitalism’s conquest of the planet.”


The video:



Evidently, Brown students have too much food on their hands… they forgot to thank free market capitalism for that one.

What’s most bothersome is that a Google search will show a great deal of people supporting this idiotic behavior. Alright, so you disagree with the guy’s views. Debate him maybe? Neh, prove him wrong by throwing a pie in his face.

I was especially ammused by the comments on Wonkette’s coverage of the event, I feel like they put this sort of idiotic behavior into context:

Dave J. writes:
Dude is like catnip for baby boomers. He prints it, my parents will buy it. I don’t think they even really care what the book is about.



So you’re going to throw a pie in his face because he reminds you of dad? Seems like this generation of the affluent American left is best defined by its Daddy/Mommy complex.

Mr. J, you are an asshat. Please grow up.

Comments

It’s the bottom feeding knuckle dragging left. They act like Neanderthals.

likwidshoe on April 24, 2008 at 01:38 pm
Avatar for martin stuart

the pie is the last refuge of a scoundral.

martin stuart on April 24, 2008 at 07:52 pm

Isn’t Brown part of the “Ivy League?” Glad I didn’t go to an Ivy League school.  Some admission criteria they must have.

Are there any libs with class?


“Hope is not a method.” - Common Military Saying

The above is a statement of pro activity.  If any Soldier were to tell me that he hoped what he was briefing was going to come to fruition, that would be unacceptable.  We in the Army do not have the luxury to ‘hope’ that things will end well.  Hope will get us killed.  Instead, we must plan and take action.  Hope is not a method.

As a leader I can never ‘hope’ that my Soldiers have the proper training.  I can never ‘hope’ that my Soldiers have the proper logistical supplies.  I can never ‘hope’ that my Soldiers will survive the next mission.  Hope is not a method; I live in the real world.

Paulie B on April 24, 2008 at 09:49 pm
Page 1 of 1        

Post a Comment


Before commenting, please recite:

Grant me the serenity to ignore the trolls,
the courage to debate with honest opponents,
and the wisdom to know the difference.

Name   
Email   
URL   
Human?
  
 

Upload Image    

Remember my personal information

Notify me of follow-up comments?

Note: Notifications will only be sent to confirmed email addresses. Confirm your email address here.

    

By submitting your comment you agree to our terms of service.