Dinesh D'Souza is Modest

While researching Christian/Right-wing advocate Dinesh D'Souza I came across his blog. One entry in it particular piqued my interest. The blog, titled "How I became so modest," began, "Modesty is one of my great virtues, and that is why I am always worried when people praise me too much." I found it quite impressive that in one sentence, while simultaneously claiming to be modest, he managed to convey how completely immodest he is. I honestly don't think anyone can write a less modest statement. Also in the blog: (1) "...when the debate was finished the moderator called for a vote on "who won the debate." By a show of hands, I did! In order to be magnanimous, I said that what really mattered was how many people were on each side prior to the debate. But Hitchens burst in to say that he would have lost anyway! Later several atheists came up to me and said that although they were rooting for Hitchens, they had voted for me because they felt I had prevailed decisively." (2) "I also spoke at a special luncheon event at FreedomFest. My talk was introduced by atheist Michael Shermer, the eidtor of Skeptic magazine and author of Why Darwin Matters. Shermer commented that with the passing of William F. Buckley, I am one of the leading defenders of conservatism and freedom in America. He also added, 'Whatever your beliefs, you should read Dinesh's book What's So Great About Christianity. It is the best defense of Christianity that has ever been published.'" (3) "In addition to dealing with atheist accolades, I also have to contend with the same from fellow conservatives and Christians. The July-August issue of the American Spectator contains a review of my book written by Matthew Kenefick. With the title, "C.S. Lewis, Move Over," the reivew begins this way: "In his new book What's So Great About Christianity Dinesh D'Souza stakes his claim as one of the great Christian apologists." The review ends thus: 'In any case, D'Souza has written a book that both G.K. Chesterton and C.S. Lewis would have appreciated and that perhaps even Billy Graham and Pope Benedict XVI could agree is a masterpiece of modern apologetical writing destined to set the standard for years to come.'"

This guy better slow down, if he gets any more modest he'll be Muhammad Ali. "He is the greatest!"

I feel like this is one of those things like being a good driver, or having a good sense of humor, or having a large penis, if you have to tell people, you're probably wrong.