Amazing to think that Sam Leith actually earns a living from utter rubbish like this
David Hartlin
3 years ago
I think the author needs therapy.
Ichi san
3 years ago
I struggle to find sites that will accept submissions from contributors who are not professional writers, like myself, who don’t have a body of work published already. It’s very difficult and Unherd is even more difficult to crack than most, so I’m trying to figure out how Unherd purports to have any standard for contributions after this illiterate mess. I’m just talking about basic writing concepts that make writing coherent.
Apart from the content, apart from whether one is a Trump hater or lover, I walk away from this not understanding one coherent thing about what the writer hoped to communicate, and find it even more ironic as I’m looking at his brief bio that he wrote a book on writing that would suggest his writing would be anything other than incoherent.
Unherd should have controversial and multiple perspectives but this piece adds no value to any reader. As a Trump hater I can’t bring myself to laugh. As a Trump lover I can’t quite pick out a real offense. If this is satire it’s supposed to be funny. This writing sucks like a freshman writing course required for poli-sci majors to get passed through.
What am I missing here Unherd editors? Pick funny or poignant or persuasive, but choose coherence.
Thanks, Ichi San. I had thought to try to peddle something to UnHerd, but now I won’t bother. Sam Leith actually can be a very good columnist, but it looks like we may be past peak-Sam.
Stephen Morris
3 years ago
Oh dear, I hope this isn’t the standard for future articles. Drivel.
Steve Wood
3 years ago
A really dud article. Incidentally Mr D’Souza appears to have been an early example of the Democrat’s partisan weaponization of the legal system under Obama, that went on to claim Flynn and others. Also compare the BLM and ANTIFA riots, the lives lost and property damaged including federal buildings compared with the aftermath of Jan 6 ‘insurrection’ and the disparate coverage and reactions is another example. Being indicted in the US in a Dem jurisdiction is akin to a Soviet trial. Having said that, Mr Leith being ‘Arty’ is part of of the Spectators Trump hating lefty faction. As Matthew Parris is part of their anti-Brexit group. Another viewpoint. I read them to see the state of their thinking, and to see how they see, frankly, people like me. I think he needs to get out of his bubble and really see what’s happening in the US instead of engaging in supercillious Trump bashing, fashionable as that is. The TIME magazine article about how they accomplished the election ‘victory’ would be a good start. But the article was a pointless unfunny splurge. I did learn one thing though. Rule 34. First I’d heard of that
Paddy Taylor
3 years ago
Word salad – when I came here hoping for steak.
C S
3 years ago
The author is “I think, but can’t be sure ” trying to describe an amateur-hour sub-genre so incoherent and dumb as to be, well, indescribable. In that, he succeeds.
David Hartlin
3 years ago
Hyperbole much?Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara stated: “Dinesh D’Souza attempted to illegally contribute over $10,000 to a Senate campaign, wilfully undermining the integrity of the campaign finance process. Like many others before him, of all political stripes, he has had to answer for this crime ““ here with a felony conviction.”
stephen f.
3 years ago
Incredible. “Literary editor”? Your “hidden passions” are showing, mister.
Rybo Adders
3 years ago
Perhaps the author threw a large number of random words into whatsapp and let the autocorrect take over? Hence the meandering and illogical content. But of course I must have missed the point and not seen the Emperor’s clothes?
David Redfern
3 years ago
I though it was me. But judging by the comments it clearly isn’t.
Gordon Black
3 years ago
…. author of Write Beside The Point. How To Be Opaque, Erroneous and Uncovincing on the Page.
Albireo Double
3 years ago
Yup, this was a comprehensive failure of writing and communication. Can’t win ’em all Sam. Learn from the mistake…
Paul Marks
3 years ago
“convicted felon” for making rather small campaign contributions – you know perfectly well that Democrats make “illegal” political contributions without being sent to prison. You made it sound as if Dinesh D’Souza was some sort of sex offender, and you smeared Rudy Giuliani as well. You are despicable person Mr Leith.
DA Johnson
3 years ago
The title and picture accompanying this article cause the reader to think that Donald Trump is the author or producer of a type of pornography, when in fact he is only a character in a genre of pornography, along with other politicians. The title and picture are click bait, and also serve to smear Mr. Trump by implying responsibility for this genre, when in fact he has no connection with it at all. If Mr. Leith wants any criticism of Mr. Trump to be taken seriously he should not use such a cheap and dishonest “literary” device.
It’s amazing, they just can’t leave it alone. They won, they’ve got their bloke in the White House , and all they can do is still mock and complain about his predecessor.
Are they afraid to look forward, so they have to look back? It would certainly make sense. Or is it just that they know that whatever his faults, Trump attracted attention, whereas most of the right on woke……whoops, dropped off for a minute there just thinking about them ..zzzzz
Hywel Morgan
3 years ago
Why all the negativity? I assumed Sam was talking about stuff that really exists, and it turns out it does. At least, the one I checked on does. Thanks, Sam, for letting me know. I guess your point is if this stuff is real, why? What moron seeks it out? What moron produces it? There are also, clearly, many complainer moron – about it, and about the morons aforementioned. I do feel glad that they seem to be getting so little fun out of life.
What the heck is this drivel? Was there a point to it? I detect some vague and highly ineffective sniping at the political right, but even that falls flat.
Amazing to think that Sam Leith actually earns a living from utter rubbish like this
I think the author needs therapy.
I struggle to find sites that will accept submissions from contributors who are not professional writers, like myself, who don’t have a body of work published already. It’s very difficult and Unherd is even more difficult to crack than most, so I’m trying to figure out how Unherd purports to have any standard for contributions after this illiterate mess. I’m just talking about basic writing concepts that make writing coherent.
Apart from the content, apart from whether one is a Trump hater or lover, I walk away from this not understanding one coherent thing about what the writer hoped to communicate, and find it even more ironic as I’m looking at his brief bio that he wrote a book on writing that would suggest his writing would be anything other than incoherent.
Unherd should have controversial and multiple perspectives but this piece adds no value to any reader. As a Trump hater I can’t bring myself to laugh. As a Trump lover I can’t quite pick out a real offense. If this is satire it’s supposed to be funny. This writing sucks like a freshman writing course required for poli-sci majors to get passed through.
What am I missing here Unherd editors? Pick funny or poignant or persuasive, but choose coherence.
Thanks, Ichi San. I had thought to try to peddle something to UnHerd, but now I won’t bother. Sam Leith actually can be a very good columnist, but it looks like we may be past peak-Sam.
Oh dear, I hope this isn’t the standard for future articles. Drivel.
A really dud article. Incidentally Mr D’Souza appears to have been an early example of the Democrat’s partisan weaponization of the legal system under Obama, that went on to claim Flynn and others. Also compare the BLM and ANTIFA riots, the lives lost and property damaged including federal buildings compared with the aftermath of Jan 6 ‘insurrection’ and the disparate coverage and reactions is another example. Being indicted in the US in a Dem jurisdiction is akin to a Soviet trial. Having said that, Mr Leith being ‘Arty’ is part of of the Spectators Trump hating lefty faction. As Matthew Parris is part of their anti-Brexit group. Another viewpoint. I read them to see the state of their thinking, and to see how they see, frankly, people like me. I think he needs to get out of his bubble and really see what’s happening in the US instead of engaging in supercillious Trump bashing, fashionable as that is. The TIME magazine article about how they accomplished the election ‘victory’ would be a good start. But the article was a pointless unfunny splurge. I did learn one thing though. Rule 34. First I’d heard of that
Word salad – when I came here hoping for steak.
The author is “I think, but can’t be sure ” trying to describe an amateur-hour sub-genre so incoherent and dumb as to be, well, indescribable. In that, he succeeds.
Hyperbole much?Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara stated: “Dinesh D’Souza attempted to illegally contribute over $10,000 to a Senate campaign, wilfully undermining the integrity of the campaign finance process. Like many others before him, of all political stripes, he has had to answer for this crime ““ here with a felony conviction.”
Incredible. “Literary editor”? Your “hidden passions” are showing, mister.
Perhaps the author threw a large number of random words into whatsapp and let the autocorrect take over? Hence the meandering and illogical content. But of course I must have missed the point and not seen the Emperor’s clothes?
I though it was me. But judging by the comments it clearly isn’t.
…. author of Write Beside The Point. How To Be Opaque, Erroneous and Uncovincing on the Page.
Yup, this was a comprehensive failure of writing and communication. Can’t win ’em all Sam. Learn from the mistake…
“convicted felon” for making rather small campaign contributions – you know perfectly well that Democrats make “illegal” political contributions without being sent to prison. You made it sound as if Dinesh D’Souza was some sort of sex offender, and you smeared Rudy Giuliani as well. You are despicable person Mr Leith.
The title and picture accompanying this article cause the reader to think that Donald Trump is the author or producer of a type of pornography, when in fact he is only a character in a genre of pornography, along with other politicians. The title and picture are click bait, and also serve to smear Mr. Trump by implying responsibility for this genre, when in fact he has no connection with it at all. If Mr. Leith wants any criticism of Mr. Trump to be taken seriously he should not use such a cheap and dishonest “literary” device.
It’s amazing, they just can’t leave it alone. They won, they’ve got their bloke in the White House , and all they can do is still mock and complain about his predecessor.
Are they afraid to look forward, so they have to look back? It would certainly make sense. Or is it just that they know that whatever his faults, Trump attracted attention, whereas most of the right on woke……whoops, dropped off for a minute there just thinking about them ..zzzzz
Why all the negativity? I assumed Sam was talking about stuff that really exists, and it turns out it does. At least, the one I checked on does. Thanks, Sam, for letting me know. I guess your point is if this stuff is real, why? What moron seeks it out? What moron produces it? There are also, clearly, many complainer moron – about it, and about the morons aforementioned. I do feel glad that they seem to be getting so little fun out of life.
What moron seeks it out? Well you did:-)
What the heck is this drivel? Was there a point to it? I detect some vague and highly ineffective sniping at the political right, but even that falls flat.