re: #89 Irving

Just because Sarah Palin makes me think of it: I almost - almost - think that Megyn Kelly did the correct thing in the Duggar interview by tossing up softballs. Because just like Sarah Palin, they would have cut and run if you pushed them, but if you let them keep talking and being themselves you get to see who they really are. If the Duggars though for a second that they’d face hostile questioning they never would have agreed to an interview at all, but just seeing them be them has told us all more than enough.

I know. Optimistic of me. I can’t credit Megyn Kelly with being that shrewd. And yet, somehow, it’s true.

In a perfect world where people were rational, that might work. But in the current political climate, it’s exactly the opposite. There are a whole lot of right wingers today who are more devoted to the Duggars than ever — they saw this interview VERY differently from you and I. To these people, it confirmed that Christians are under attack, and the Duggars are blameless, godly people who are being wrongly smeared by the liberal media.

I just can’t believe in the absolute free speech model any more, after years of dealing with what it means in the real world.