Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't think 'rants and raves' is an accurate characterization. His declared modus operandi is to treat the spread of BS as an act of harm to the public which should be met with hostility when the offender is someone with a platform/megaphone. His attacks are usually pretty focussed on what he considers important issues. Is it more noble to keep quiet so that you get invited to more celebrity dinner parties? Not sur…
> With Beard, he caught her spreading/supporting obvious BS She wasn't spreading bullshit. That example - a black roman soldier in roman Britain - actually happened. > His declared modus operandi is to treat the spread of BS as an act of harm to the public which should be met with hostility You make it sound like he never spreads bullshit, but he does, frequently. In this example he used bullshit of "we don't see the…
It was featured along with a caption describing it is a 'typical' family, making it ripe for mockery. A responsible historian might weigh in with something like "the scene depicted in the cartoon was improbable and definitely not typical, but not not completely outside the realm of possibility." Instead she weighed in with "pretty accurate, actually". Total BS.
> In this example he used bullshit of "we don't see the genes" - a point that got nicely debunked in a few places.
Did it? Link?
> But those books are pop books. Why did he become unhinged after she called his pop books pop?
In the context of the conversation "pop" is clearly a slur, inviting the sort of response it got.