Objectively intelligent.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

But I still think it's better to dismantle their flawed reasoning than have them not say what they said. Cotton is and should be thought dishonest and lazy."

That's fine, if you enjoy that sort of thing. I think a more interesting question was, why was the NYT so intent on publishing his crap? There are plenty of dishonest, lazy writers out there, many of them getting published. Then there are those like Taibbi who get their ideas out there on their sites. Almost all of them don't get space on the NYT op-ed page, and when they don't, you don't get up in arms defending their right to push their ideas, unedited, on that particular real estate.