Walt Palmer, a dentist from Minnesota, and his bow and arrow are about to have an interesting week

Hemingway's no hero of mine, so i have no problem shitting on this dentist.

I do give the founding fathers a pass.

 

Nah. The people who participate in the Shaming Culture have no shame themselves. Those who would be embarrassed in 20 years are embarrassed already.

 

Christ, that is such simplistic thinking. You know, just because Jones likes Hemingway as a writer does not mean he approves of every damn thing he did. There is a difference between what we do for a living and who we are as people. When Jones praised Hemingway he was talking about his work, not his personal life. For all I know Palmer might be a wonderful dentist--and if someone wants to praise his dentistry, fine by me--but doesn't mean we can't also condemn him for illegally killing animals to compensate for his tiny pecker.

And, fwiw, there was plenty not to admire about Hemingway as a person. Great writer and adventurer though he may've been, he also happened to be a mentally unstable alcoholic who had no qualms about abandoning his family, cheating on his wives, spending half his life drunk, and battled severe depression and inner demons that eventually drove him to an early suicide. No exactly the grandest endorsement for big game hunters.

And, besides, I don't believe Hemingway was ever prosecuted for illegal poaching, and I don't believe he employed tactics such as illegally luring a people-friendly tagged animal outside of a protected park just to blast it the moment it stepped outside the park boundary.

 

I think it's also possible Hemingway didn't go on canned hunts too, which is a little different from this situation.

 

Also, Hemingway killed animals with his bare hands.

 

Social media didn't exist when Hemingway was alive. If it did, there would've been plenty of "outrage" on display.

People didn't yet have a vehicle with which to publicize their unsolicited, often meaningless and ignorant opinions.

 

Hemingway would have been a favorite whipping boy of Gawker.

 

Much like Jones is now.

 

Some things are more complex than other. Killing a lion that was harming no one and was a national treasure is pretty straightforward on the outrage meter.

 

I know a guy who hunts during primitive weapons season in Virginia. I'm not a hunter, but I really respect what he does to get his deer.

 

It was pretty much agreed that Hemingway was a complete asshole even while he was alove.

 

Hell, you'd really love deer season in Wisconsin then.