Doug Gottlieb Isn’t Worth Your Time

Photo by Tiffany Rose/Getty Images for Harold & Carole Pump FoundationJackson Browne once wrote: “Don’t confront me with my failures. I had not forgotten them.”

Doug Gottlieb, who stole credit cards and books from at least eight Notre Dame students in 1996, said something incredibly dumb last night on Twitter.

This was a typical response:

I’m not defending the former Irish basketball player or his very bad take.

But I am going to wonder aloud why Twitter users won’t just criticize Gottlieb’s take without resorting to ad hominem attacks.

I live a pretty public life. I host a nationally syndicated radio show, I’m on various TV shows and I call college basketball games on radio and television. I am…