[Platt] Typical. You don't like what libertarians say. Call them deceptive "nuts."
[Arlo] I am fond of much Libertarian philosophy. "Ain't Nobodys Business If You Do: The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in a Free Society" is a favorite book of mine. Just because I find your incessant use of deceptive and distortive talk-show rhetoric deplorable hardly means I find nothing of value in larger philosophical camps. I think Limbaugh is about as vile as they come, but I have many close friends who are "conservatives". Life ain't the "all or nothing" you make it out to be. [Arlo had said] The whole "bash the Academy" crowd, which pretty much defines right-wing politics, uses the same rhetoric generation in and generation out. They labeled Pirsig a "radical professor" fifty years ago, and still use that tired phrase with each new round of nonsense. [Platt] Typical. You don't like what capitalists say. Call it "nonsense." [Arlo] It was "capitalists" who branded Pirsig a "radical professor"? At any rate, yes, the perennial nonsense that brands "radical professors" I do find, as Pirsig did, "just right-wing politics". [Arlo had said] "Dumbing down our schools" is just another old, worn-out cliche, and every time you hear it you are justified to roll your eyes and tread with caution. More often than not, it is used to masquerade attacks against non-white, non-European cultural information. Its the damned liberals and foreigners who are ruining the country, destroying the schools, blah blah blah. [Platt] Typical. You don't like what conservatives say. Call them "racists." [Arlo] Hey, you make your fear-bed, you lie in it. Give me some examples of "dumbing down" that aren't "catering to liberals" or "catering to foreigners". And heaven forbid someone speaks another language! "... there will be unintended consequences [of the Immigration Bill] all over the place. The new census report says America's now one-third minority. And in four states -- California, New Mexico, Texas, and Hawaii -- whites are the minority." (Bill O'Reilly) Whites as the minority?!?! Oh my god! Run for the hills! We are doomed! moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
