Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Dies At 84

At least twenty-two readers took the trouble to make sure we knew that Kurt Vonnegut has died at 84. From the Times obituary: "Kurt Vonnegut, whose dark comic talent and urgent moral vision in novels like 'Slaughterhouse-Five,' 'Cat's Cradle' and 'God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater' caught the temper of his times and the imagination of a generation, died last night in Manhattan... Mr. Vonnegut suffered irreversible brain injuries as a result of a fall several weeks ago, according to his wife, Jill Krementz." Reader SPK adds: "He will be remembered not only as a great writer, but also as a staunch civil libertarian (long-term member of the ACLU) and as a 'mainstream/literary' author who integrated science fiction concepts into his writing. So it goes."

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Civil Libertarian?!??!?!

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He will be remembered not only as a great writer, but also as a staunch civil libertarian (long-term member of the ACLU)

I always laugh at characterizations of the ACLU as "libertarian." Maybe if you want a late-term abortion or to peddle pr0n unregulated. The ACLU uses the Constitution as a means, not an end, to advance its decidedly un-libertarian, left wing agenda in many areas (Second Amendment? Low taxes? School choice?). I'm a First Amendment (speech, not pr0n) absolutist, but I'll bet Don Imus is hearing nothing but crickets from the ACLU right now as Al Sharpton calls for the FCC to regulate shock jocks.

Now, go ahead an mod down that which you disagree with. My karma can take the hit.

Oh, how brave and insightful

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That you would reply AC.