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Gruber: I’m Right and You’re Wrong and There’s Something Wrong With You

John Gruber, the ever patriotic American has this to say about Obama’s Nobel victory:

To any American who isn’t happy about our president having won the Nobel Peace Prize: There is something wrong with you.

Thankfully, Kyle Baxter put him in his place:

Don’t you just love how simple that is? Forget black and white, Gruber’s made it even more clear: there’s just something wrong with you if you disagree. […]

See, this isn’t how discussion works. There isn’t discussion when one side decides that, simply, the other side is absolutely wrong and not worth listening to. […] When you impugn the intentions of those you disagree with, the only thing that can happen is a breakdown in discussion. And when there’s no discussion, no one learns a damned thing other than how they can yell their dumb slogans louder. That’s how we breakdown as a nation. [Read full post]

Lost a little respect for Gruber when I read that.