Critics, curmudgeons, and gadflies

One way to be an 'unreasonable person' is to speak the unspeakable. To declare that the Emperor Has No Clothes. Or that it's spinach, and I won't eat it.

But it is not true that those who can, do; those who can't, complain. Almost everyone below is also talented and accomplished.

Over time, we will add to this list, and add more material about each person. If you have a favorite pest you'd like us to add, or you disagree with the inclusion of one of the following, write to us.

The other way to be unreasonable is to be a pioneer. To persevere in the face of opposition and ridicule, and to be ultimately acknowledged as right. We've identified a few. Click here to see them.

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Lenny Bruce

Winston Churchill

Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)

Judith Crist

Harlan Ellison

W. C. Fields

Robert Heinlein

Abbie Hoffman

Molly Ivens

Fran Lebowitz

Julius (Groucho) Marx

H. L. Mencken

Dennis Miller

P. J. O'Rourke

Dorothy Parker

Will Rogers

George Bernard Shaw

Doubting Thomas (John 20:24-29)

Voltaire

Oscar Wilde

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