Jonah gets Twitchy

Matt Duss finds himself in a fight between Andrew Sullivan and Jonah Goldberg. Read the whole thing, but this in particular from Jonah leapt out at me:

I think I should clarify something myself, particularly in response to the pissy post Andrew links to refute me (interesting where Andrew finds allies these days). When I wrote,

“Christian fundamentalism gave birth to the Protestant reformation, individual liberty, the American nation, the modern American university, and the like. This is not a minor distinction either.”

I should have been more precise. I was in my own mind referring to the sorts of things Andrew calls Christian fundamentalism — i.e. conservatism of faith, politics of faith, using faith to reach policy conclusions etc. I was not trying to discuss the historical concept in and of itself. I do understand that what we call Christian fundamentalism has gone through some changes over the years. Though there is no denying that a politics of faith was behind, for example, the founding of most of our leading universities and liberal arts colleges. And if this Duss guy is a stickler for precision when it comes to use of the term, I assume he’ll be taking a hatchet to Sullivan’s prose any day now. I’d respond more in depth, but Cosmo awaits the park.

Translation: I can hardly be bothered to pay attention to someone who doesn’t even get paid by the Washington Times or National Review, and that Andrew Sullivan would cite such a creature reflects poorly on his integrity as a blogger.