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He also refers to Convicted Felon Dinesh D'Souza without adding his well-known title! (Seriously, the man was convicted of violating campaign finance rules, and
by adrienne 10y ago
He also refers to Convicted Felon Dinesh D'Souza without adding his well-known title! (Seriously, the man was convicted of violating campaign finance rules, and he's an inveterate liar. Why the hell would anyone take his word for anything?)
- bmelton 10y agoHe went to jail; it's true. That doesn't make his writing any more or less good. If you have a critique of his writings or books, it would be better to lead off with that than to make ad hominem attacks. Oscar Wilde, Cervantes, Dostoevsky, Sir Walter Raleigh and Thoreau all spent time in jail or prison. Should we discard them as well, or should we evaluate their works on their individual merit of those works?
- adrienne 10y agoNo, of course we shouldn't. But Dinesh D'Souza thinks the rules are different for him. He lies and commits fraud. It does, in fact, matter what you get convicted of. Fraud & campaign violations sure as hell speak to credibility, for me!
- bmelton 10y agoIs it safe to assume then that you have no specific complaint with any of his books other than that they were written by D'Souza?
- adrienne 10y agoOh, no, that's certainly not safe to assume. I have plenty of actual issues with D'Souza's writings. But i don't choose to engage here at HN in ways that would actually take up my time and energy, because why would i bother?
- thousandautumns 10y agoYou already are taking time and energy to argue, so that clearly isn't the problem.
- adrienne 10y agoOh, this took barely any time or energy at all! Picking through D'Souza for citations to back up my arguments, that'd be work. And really unpleasant, at that. Y'all aren't worth that.