When last I thought of Providence Journal columnist and National Council of Editorial Writers Civility Project head Froma Harrop, it was last summer and my opinion of her sincerity, self-awareness, civility and was that she was an odious individual who should be drummed out of polite society, but she’s lucky enough to work at a newspaper.

Then last week “The Daily Show” got around to the controversy which erupted on the right side of the blogosphere last year after Civility Project head Harrop called Tea Partiers “terrorists.”

I know the question you’re asking: “Is she playing dumb for the camera or is she this oblivious in real life?”

I’d like to think the answer is the former, but I’m afraid it’s the latter. Evidence: Harrop posts this on her blog and her comment is: “Sure, much of my careful reasoning ended up on the cutting-room floor, but it was fun.”

If you’re “in” on the joke, you don’t decry your “careful reasoning” (I’m not sure that term means what she thinks it means) being edited out of the video.