What's The Deal With Dobson?

David Gelernter both attacks and defends James Dobson on stem-cells.  So Chad can feel both vindicated and accused, although it is true that Gelernter is more on Chad's side than on Prof. Blanchard's and my side in giving a qualified defense to Dobson.  I still think Prof. Blanchard is correct that the Nazi analogy was used in this particular situation because National Socialism is one of the very few commonly accepted examples of evil, and Gelernter seems to understand this.  Thus Nazism serves as a kind of opposite pole to, say, Mother Teresa.  Still, it must be said that as a rule analogies to Nazis are a bad idea.  I do point out that Gelernter expresses his opposition to the expansion of government funding for stem cell research.  When you get to the end of the page and see his credentials you'll see he's just another irrational Christian nut case.  By the way, one of Mr. Gelernter's claims to fame, if you will, is that he was attacked by the Unabomber.