Anti-Climacus

QUOTE: The Daily Standard can actually manage to say something nice about the irrepressible (and hilarious) Dan Savage:

"Master of the anecdote, purveyor of leftist propaganda, and shameless producer of strawmen, Savage perhaps cannot be all things to all people. But there is one more role he plays in this book that is worth mentioning, that of the patriot. It may be telling of his overall seriousness that Savage sees this most public role, yet again, as a private matter, but let's not quibble too much. "Personally speaking," he writes, "I would rather live in a country where I can buy a drink, kiss a guy, and rent a hooker without risking a public beheading. I also think it's better for women to be free--free to get an education, to have a career, and obtain an abortion."

Unlike Susan Sontag and some other anti-American leftists, Savage is undivided in his affection for this country. He believes the United States is worth fighting for, just not some "1950s era dream of the United States." And, hey, that's seems fair enough."