From the essay immediately below this post:

Philip Kennicott’s line of attack nicely demonstrates the truth of Oscar Wilde’s famous observation that the only way to rid oneself of temptation is to yield to it. For crying “homophobia” is a cheap calumny, a crypto-totalitarian bully’s smear that impresses no serious person.

Editor's Comment: Devoid of serious argument all liberals can do is hurl personal attacks. The anti-intellectualism of the left has been exposed and examined by both Richard Hoftstader and Christopher Lasch as well as other less prominent intellectuals.