*Sigh*
Jonah Goldberg finds himself mired in an "argument" with a leftist intellectual.
I can't say how many times I've found myself writing just this kind of thing, usually to online e-mail or usenet forums. It usually boils down to, "No, that's not what I said. And just because you've chosen to put those words in my mouth doesn't mean I'm required to defend them."
I've never encountered a greater waste of my own time. And Jonah is wasting his.