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"No. I believe he was engaged in both. While you seem to agree that bike lanes are part of what makes DC a world class city..you're also arguing that there aren't people who think this so Milloy's snark is unfounded. Well ok. Doesn't make sense..but ok."

I believe bike lanes contribute to making DC a world class city, and I think there MAY be some more prominent folks who have said so. had Milloy left it at that it would be one thing. But he did not. He tossed in cupcakes and dog parks. Which makes me think it was less about a serious discussion of criteria for a world class city, and MORE about a kulturkampf.

"something he thinks the myops believe."

you honestly think Milloy thinks the Myops beleive that?

"In response to your suggestion that Milloy seems angry that Gray is pursuing policies that David is for, I countered that his article doesn't address such and that is DOES focus on how he's disappointed that the economic disparity has increased."

but why would he be angry at Gray, when theres precious little Gray can do about something driven by national economic trends? And when what little Gray CAN do requires more tax revenues, hence more development?

"I still dont know exactly what the MLTs are for that Milloy is against.
Really? Wait a minute. So you don't know what he's against. But you do know that he's against what David advocates for. Well alrighty then!"

Like i said, you've persuaded me that things I thought were Milloy positions (against bike lanes) really aren't.

"WRT to "Tiger Mom." I guess I can see how someone could make the case that Milloy was being racist by comparing Rhee to what another Asian said. In that vein, I assume it's also safe to say that those who think he was being racist, felt the same about Bill Clinton when commenting on Obama's SC victory said, "Jessie Jackson won South Carolina too." Did you instinctively think he was racist too? NVM. I'm sure you did."

Seeing a Obama and Jackson were both Dems running for president, and the South Carolina dem primary has a heavily black electorate, it seems like a pretty logical statement - it references race but in a way that has no racism (like someone mentioning that Joe Lieberman should do well electorally in NYC) . Ms Rhee was an education official, who wanted to change the way schools are run, and the way teachers and principals are evaluated. Ms Chua was a lawyer, whose only expertise relative to education was as a parent, and she had no opinion I know of on how teachers are evaluated - but rather on how parents should react to kids who want to quit piano lessons. The main thing they had in common was their race - and while Ms Chua explicitly refered to her background as related to her program, Ms Rhee certainly did not.

I hope you can see how these things are not parallel.

by AWalkerInTheCity on Jul 16, 2012 4:37 pm • link • report