Comments on: Clash of the Not-Quite Titans http://themoderatevoice.com/52792/clash-of-the-not-quite-titans/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 30 May 2012 23:46:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: adesnik http://themoderatevoice.com/52792/clash-of-the-not-quite-titans/comment-page-1/#comment-231348 adesnik Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:45:50 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=52792#comment-231348 Full disclosure: I consider Jamie a friend. Now here's my point: This was not a clash of generations. Joe Klein hardly counts as a representative of the older generation.<br><br>Second, this really was about ideology. It started as a disagreement about politics, then Klein introduced a measure of profanity.<br><br>Which isn't to say that age ain't nothing but a number. In any number of fields, older professionals react more fiercely to criticism from younger colleagues. We all tend to dismiss people younger than ourselves as less well informed. But the issue is the criticism, not the age. Full disclosure: I consider Jamie a friend. Now here's my point: This was not a clash of generations. Joe Klein hardly counts as a representative of the older generation.

Second, this really was about ideology. It started as a disagreement about politics, then Klein introduced a measure of profanity.

Which isn't to say that age ain't nothing but a number. In any number of fields, older professionals react more fiercely to criticism from younger colleagues. We all tend to dismiss people younger than ourselves as less well informed. But the issue is the criticism, not the age.

]]> By: JSpencer http://themoderatevoice.com/52792/clash-of-the-not-quite-titans/comment-page-1/#comment-230178 JSpencer Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:48:28 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=52792#comment-230178 I thought James Wolcott's reference to Kirchick as <i>"the Eddie Haskell of neoconservatives"</i> was pretty amusing. Here's the rest of his take on it:<BR><BR><A href="http://www.vanityfair.com/online/wolcott/2009/11/i-am-reluctant-to-choose.html" rel=nofollow rel="nofollow">http://www.vanityfair.com/online/wolcott/2009/1...</A><BR><BR>I suppose it was a clash of generations to some extent, but Joe Klein seemed to feel that Kirchick was long on opinion and short on facts.</BR></BR></BR></BR> I thought James Wolcott's reference to Kirchick as “the Eddie Haskell of neoconservatives” was pretty amusing. Here's the rest of his take on it:

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/wolcott/2009/1…

I suppose it was a clash of generations to some extent, but Joe Klein seemed to feel that Kirchick was long on opinion and short on facts.

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