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by brashrat 3637 days ago
I grew up the same way :) ... except he rubs me the wrong way, I think he's not at all interesting or clever, a completely banal failed ironic, with a deep streak of hate inside.
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Hate?
He did articles for newspapers and webmagazines in the 00s, they had an Andy Rooney-ish "I hate people these days and everything they do" thing going.
Hate might be too strong of a word, but I understand what he means. It may be more that he's made a willful choice not to adapt to the times.
Garrison Keillor's not adapting to the times is an indictment of the times more than it is an indictment of Garrison Keillor, IMHO.