Can you still be friends with someone who listens to Noam Chomsky?
Robert Toth at OpinionJournal.com thinks so and tells us how it can be done. I don't have this problem with too many of my friends (usually I'm the moderating voice of reason believe it or not) but Toth's approach is instructive, especially to those who sometimes forget that there is more to life than politics. However, I can definitely relate to the frustration he sometimes feels when dealing with "rational" people who embrace the views of the hardcore Left:
Sometimes I want to grab people by the collar and start shouting. "You have a degree from a major university. You have a serious, responsible job. You've lived in the world, as an adult, for some time now. Do you really believe that the attorney general is going to round people up and send them to Christian re-education camps? Do you really believe Israeli soldiers are the moral equivalent of suicide bombers? Do you really believe any of this craziness will get solved by sitting across a table from a lunatic dictator and pretending he's not wearing a .45 on his belt?"
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