Jonah Goldberg notes that the Atlantic is starting an advice column. As I am sure countless others are finding, my question writes itself:
There’s a blogger I used to read; let’s call him “Andy”. Andy was my first blogger. I read him first every day, and he introduced me to everyone else that I still read today.
For a long time, I agreed with Andy about everything. But then one day, Andy started to change. At first it was little things, like imputing bad motives to people he once had lauded, for following policies he once had advocated. Then he started reversing all his political views.
Now, he seems to practice everything that he used to stand against, like spreading vicious smears about politicians’ families. When I started reading Andy, he would have named an anti-award after someone who behaved as he does now.
My question is: is there any way to reach someone like Andy? I don’t imagine we can turn him back to his old views, but can he be convinced to behave like a decent human being again? Please help.
