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What about the bleatings of a person like Kevin D. Williamson, whose prose I identify as horrifically boring, not only because he isn't a deep thinker on any of
by MisterBastahrd 6y ago
What about the bleatings of a person like Kevin D. Williamson, whose prose I identify as horrifically boring, not only because he isn't a deep thinker on any of the subject matter he writes about, but also because he spends about 80% of any essay trying to beat his audience over the head with how familiar he is with obscure and / or inconsequential tangential topics to the matter at hand. I don't have an issue with writers being descriptive. I very much have a problem with writers trying to prove they're the Dennis Miller of serious thought.
- gen220 6y agoI can't say I've heard of Mr. Williamson, but it looks like he hasn't written for the New Yorker. I'm talking more of the style used by Ben Taub [0] [1], or Sam Knight [2] [3]. More investigative than "think piece", although there are some big ideas in the presentation. [0] https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/22/guantanamos-darkest-secret https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/22/guantanamos-da... [1] https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/12/24/iraqs-post-isis-campaign-of-revenge https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/12/24/iraqs-post-isi... [2] https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/02/17/can-farming-make-space-for-nature https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/02/17/can-farming-ma... [3] https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/07/30/theresa-mays-impossible-choice https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/07/30/theresa-mays-i...