Some grudges just won't die

The New Republic has a book review of Michael Eric Dyson's latest, which--according to the review--relentlessly skewers Bill Cosby. This paragraph gives you an idea of Dyson's claims:

Dyson betrays his elitism most blatantly in his obvious disdain for Cosby. Though he scrupulously avoids characterizing Cosby as a traitor to his race, Dyson all but characterizes Cosby as, well, a traitor to his race. Dyson traces Cosby's fuddy-duddy criticisms of African American Vernacular English to ignorance and discomfort. Rather than engage Cosby's arguments on these matters, Dyson psychoanalyzes Cosby. It is a classic elitist move, executed elegantly and artfully. Why should Dyson, a tenured academic, engage the arguments of the obviously undereducated Cosby (armed with a doctoral degree, yes, but no endowed chair)? Cosby doesn't even know that Hooked on Phonics has been criticized as ineffective! The fool! As for the notion that smart black youth are criticized as "acting white," Dyson, a scholar with a research budget, has managed to locate like-minded ethnographers who disagree! (If only Dyson subjected his own claims to the same scrutiny.)

Ah, the cooler-than-thou genius that is Michael Eric Dyson… a man who used the words "fuck" and "nigger" in the commencement "speech" he delivered at my undergraduate institution. And, almost as unforgivably in my opinion, made reference to the then-popular song "You Oughta Know" by stating that Alanis Morissette "performed fellatio" in the backseat of a car.

It was a theater, not a car, you asswipe. And thanks again for ruining my graduation all those years ago. I believe you have the honor of having been the first person to say the word "fuck" (oh, and "nigger," too) in front of my then-four-year-old cousin. You must be so proud--I'll bet Cosby has never used the "f"-word in a commencement speech.