Comments on: Keillor’s Madness: Politicizing Memorial Day http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2007/06/12/keillor%e2%80%99s-madness-politicizing-memorial-day/ Conservative and Libertarian Intellectual Philosophy and Politics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dean http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2007/06/12/keillor%e2%80%99s-madness-politicizing-memorial-day/comment-page-1/#comment-52245 Dean Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:24:58 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2007/06/12/keillor%e2%80%99s-madness-politicizing-memorial-day/#comment-52245 It takes intellectual honesty and a fair amount of moral and physical courage to be a conservative in the American sense. Garrison Keilor possess neither of those traits. He may be an artist of some sort and that is all he will probably be known as. It takes intellectual honesty and a fair amount of moral and physical courage to be a conservative in the American sense. Garrison Keilor possess neither of those traits. He may be an artist of some sort and that is all he will probably be known as.

]]> By: nick adams http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2007/06/12/keillor%e2%80%99s-madness-politicizing-memorial-day/comment-page-1/#comment-52244 nick adams Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:37:36 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2007/06/12/keillor%e2%80%99s-madness-politicizing-memorial-day/#comment-52244 I watched a TV interview of Keillor a while back. I was struck by his conviction. Not the brand one admires, but the kind possessed by of a lot of intellectual hermits. I learned he shuts himself off from the news and didn't do research to back up his positions and claims as presented in his recent book. He remined me as one of his characters - a crotchety "I know what I know, what am I gonna do with a bunch of facts?" type. He probably considers himself more earthy than intellectual, though either way, he appears to be incapable or unwilling of examining himself and his beliefs. I watched a TV interview of Keillor a while back. I was struck by his conviction.

Not the brand one admires, but the kind possessed by of a lot of intellectual hermits.

I learned he shuts himself off from the news and didn’t do research to back up his positions and claims as presented in his recent book.

He remined me as one of his characters – a crotchety “I know what I know, what am I gonna do with a bunch of facts?” type. He probably considers himself more earthy than intellectual, though either way, he appears to be incapable or unwilling of examining himself and his beliefs.

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