Comments on: The Bar Jester Chronicles 5: Walker Percy on the FPR CONtroversy

By: Protestant Pontifications » Apostolic Conservatism

Protestant Pontifications » Apostolic Conservatism — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:18:52 +0000

[...] Daniel Larison’s taking-to-the-woodshed of Peter Lawler this morning, it reminded me of this bit of hilarity, which actually points to a bigger problem: what on earth are we talking [...]

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:52:23 +0000

I think they need to reclaim the venerable title, “dwarf.” More sturdy than “midget” and linke to Tolkien’s tales.

Definitely. Dwarf.

By: charlton

charlton — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:31:39 +0000

“small medium at large” . . . brilliant.

By: James Matthew Wilson

James Matthew Wilson — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:03:37 +0000

I’ve been stealing your midget jokes all afternoon. The lower half of South Bend is quite angry with me; the northern half can’t see what all the fuss is about. Thanks for the opportunity to plagiarize!

By: polistra

polistra — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:35:50 +0000

Clear as a bell and slack as a string!

By: B N Lundell

B N Lundell — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:42:41 +0000

Excellent!

By: Bar Jester sums it all : Theopolitical

Bar Jester sums it all : Theopolitical — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:07:44 +0000

[...] The Bar Jester effectively ends the debate between Front Porch Republic and Postmodern Conservative: “Walker Percy on the FPR CONtroversy.” [...]

By: peter lawler

peter lawler — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:00:22 +0000

Well, you know, midget seems more manly and self-affirming to me than “little people.” But of course you’re right that this was a silly attempt at pro-wrestling to generate fake anger to get the ratings up. And WP is right that the more empty we are the more we need ideological anger to get through the day. But a moderate amount of the friends and enemies thing is just part of being human–see the second space odyssey in LOST IN THE COSMOS. “Jesus Christ, here we go again,” sez the Stoic Marcus Aurelius Schuyler. But he sez it with affection, because he’s no longer so at war with who he is and who we are. Even a techno-catastrophe won’t cure of us of our irreducible alienation, and we’ll still have to be at home with our homelessness to live well. And just because the bomb drops doesn’t men that men won’t get around to building more.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:00:17 +0000

Keep your hands off my twinburger!

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:20:09 +0000

Rolling on the floor funny! Rolling on the floor tragic!