The Weather Up There

For whatever reason, David Brooks thinks that people should "forgive Brian Williams' transgressions and allow him to continue at his job."

because, you know, forgiveness is good.

but i do not know Brian Williams personally AT ALL. he is nothing to me other than a product. the product now has a stink on it. the product has turned. the product is no longer eligible for sale, and so the product is taken off the shelf. it's that simple. *

Brooks desperately wants to be loved, so he holds onto these sentiments (like the concept that Williams' audience should be loving and forgiving to him as a human being) partly, at the very least, for self-serving reasons. I don't know him, nor will I ever, so he also is nothing but a product. certainly there are millions of people prone to fall under the spell that they have some sort of personal connection with the heads and voices coming from their television or computer screens, but it's most certainly not real and shouldn't be viewed as the goal.

i don't care if Williams is allowed to return to his job. at a certain point, it's ridiculous to feel personal feelings about such things. he's a multi-millionaire whose family is set for generations. that his "career" ended in humiliation and disgrace is simply not a big deal.

caring about such a thing is evidence of delusion.



* disclaimer: i am speaking in the general sense. i don't think i ever saw more than 5 or 6 seconds of any Williams broadcast, and even that would have only been because the remote got stuck