Comments on: Jonathon Rauch’s Innumeracy http://www.harmonicminer.com/wordpress/2005/01/24/jonathon-rauchs-innumeracy/ Digging for golden resonance, and resonant gold Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:01:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris Tune http://www.harmonicminer.com/wordpress/2005/01/24/jonathon-rauchs-innumeracy/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Chris Tune Tue, 25 Jan 2005 23:19:00 +0000 http://www.harmonicminer.com/wordpress/?p=7#comment-8 Just having heard Rauch defend himself on Hugh's radio program, I'd have to say that we are probably overreacting (I didn't like the rhetoric, myself. . .at all). Perhaps what we are reacting to more than the poor craft of this writing, which is amply evident, is to the POSITION of journalists and magazine writers in our society.<br /><br />I'd posit that we bloggers are rapidly taking over, from these hacks and eventually the Atlantic will fade away. May take some time though. . .<br /><br />Chris Tune<br />Valley Village, CA Just having heard Rauch defend himself on Hugh’s radio program, I’d have to say that we are probably overreacting (I didn’t like the rhetoric, myself. . .at all). Perhaps what we are reacting to more than the poor craft of this writing, which is amply evident, is to the POSITION of journalists and magazine writers in our society.

I’d posit that we bloggers are rapidly taking over, from these hacks and eventually the Atlantic will fade away. May take some time though. . .

Chris Tune
Valley Village, CA

]]> By: erico http://www.harmonicminer.com/wordpress/2005/01/24/jonathon-rauchs-innumeracy/comment-page-1/#comment-7 erico Tue, 25 Jan 2005 22:16:00 +0000 http://www.harmonicminer.com/wordpress/?p=7#comment-7 A well written, thoughtful piece. Equalizing the extremes of both parties may be useful in a generic way, but this argument of moral equivalency coming from an appeal to 'fairness' speaks nothing to the moral character of either the religious right or the liberal left. At the same time, there is something similar in the shrillness of tone that gains in volume as you move outward from the center in either direction. Would be interesting to have some numbers associated with 'how many' on the left are engaged in scapegoating as compared to 'how many' on the right. Would make for a stronger case. A well written, thoughtful piece. Equalizing the extremes of both parties may be useful in a generic way, but this argument of moral equivalency coming from an appeal to ‘fairness’ speaks nothing to the moral character of either the religious right or the liberal left. At the same time, there is something similar in the shrillness of tone that gains in volume as you move outward from the center in either direction. Would be interesting to have some numbers associated with ‘how many’ on the left are engaged in scapegoating as compared to ‘how many’ on the right. Would make for a stronger case.

]]> By: Teflon http://www.harmonicminer.com/wordpress/2005/01/24/jonathon-rauchs-innumeracy/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Teflon Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:57:00 +0000 http://www.harmonicminer.com/wordpress/?p=7#comment-6 Can I get a witness?<br /><br />Right on---Rauch's tone is clearly that of an outsider looking in in his piece. <br /><br />"Religious conservatives" are religious first, conservative second. Rauch doesn't seem to get it. Can I get a witness?

Right on—Rauch’s tone is clearly that of an outsider looking in in his piece.

“Religious conservatives” are religious first, conservative second. Rauch doesn’t seem to get it.

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