From: David Buchanan (DBuchanan@ClassicalRadio.org)
Date: Sat Aug 16 2003 - 18:40:22 BST
Matt, Platt, Lars and all:
Just a brief comment, gents....
> Matt said:
> I'm sorry, I'm just beside myself. My entire world is falling apart.
> Platt's now endorsing Paglia. I wouldn't have guessed it for the world.
> Camille Paglia, who loves her teacher, Harold Bloom, who loves his
> buddy, Richard Rorty.
Platt replied:
Suggest you take a another look at Harold Bloom, defender of the
Western canon and staunch fighter against your hero's deconstructionism
and multi-culturalism. That he loves his adversaries doesn't mean he
agrees with them. After all, I love you. :-)
Lars said:
If you want to play degrees of ideological separation, you could point out
that Harold Bloom also loves his buddy Jacques Derrida, whom la Paglia has
devoted so much well-deserved spleen towards over the years.
dmb says:
It seems that Matt has become a victim of the Cleveland Harbor effect and
has apparently become lost in the ideological landscape. There is no doubt
that Paglia is a hero among conservatives, especially right wing
libertarians. I'm not at all surprized that Platt would like her. It only
figures. Bloom is also well liked by the Right. Sure, they might be friends,
but then so are Ann Coulter and Bill Mahr. In fact they are very good
friends, yet they disagree about almost everything. What surprizes me is
that Matt, who is obviously a very bright guy, could be so mixed up about
these things. Which team are you on, Matt? It seems your ideological radar
needs to be repaired. I can only hope that you don't become an intellectual
air traffic controller. Hate see anybocy get hurt. Crash and Ka Boom! :-0
Thanks,
dmb
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