Joel Stein Hits Zeitgeist Nerve/FBLA Wants to Knock the L Out of Joel

FBLA tried not to join the Jump on Joel Stein mania, But we did have some questions, so we emailed those LA Times commenters with valid addresses, asked and got answers. It seems so simple, doesn’t it?

FBLA asked: Why does Stein engender such strong responses?

Ryan Jay Fishman

He inspires a response because he makes you think.

Jon Kavulic

He’s inspired such a response because people are used to having the media feed into our inner narcissism by telling us that we’re more important than we are.

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