Public Discourse

I remember when public “discourse” was one long hymn of praise to the liberal intelligentsia. Academics, television networks, scriptwriters, rock stars, pop artists of all descriptions, serious artists even more so, The New York Times, The Washington Post, both NEA’s, Publishers Weekly, Jane Fonda, Norman Lear, Gloria Steinum – all swelled the chorus. We discovered how persecuted they had been, but now how gloriously triumphant. We discovered again and again how caring they were, how thoughtful, how useful, how important, in nobility of spirit how like the angels, in wisdom how like the gods! What joy it is to scorn them for the parasite class we now know them to be.