Fashion - Alexandria Virginia

Reported by: Shelly Miles

Are Crocs for Dorks? Fashion Alexandria Virginia

Tuttle at Newsweek wrote an essay expressing his hatred of crocs and said that people who wear them are dorky. He wrote…I like to play a game with my son, Joseph. We sit on a bench in touristy Old Town, Alexandria, Va., and we're not allowed to get up until we see a dozen pairs of Crocs. It usually doesn't take long. But the other day we were stuck at eight after a few minutes, and I was getting a little concerned. Just then my boy leaned over and said, "Don't worry, Dad. A family of dorks will come along any minute." To paraphrase Hank Hill, if he wasn't my son, I would have hugged him right then, I was so proud.I had no idea what I was in for.

Within hours, there were hundreds and hundreds of comments. Within a few days there were thousands. The people who wrote in were elated. They were furious. They demanded to be heard. Tip to fellow journalists: Forget the presidential election. Never mind Iraq. The death penalty? Gun control? Feh. If you want to inflame the passions of the American people, write about rubber clogs.Some called him "absolutely brilliant" while others, well, they called him a complete "dumb*&^."

Click here to read Tuttle’s essay and then tell us here what you think…