Quoting Arlo Bensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [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.
Typical. Talk-show rhetoric is deceptive and distortive, and Limbaugh is vile. > [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". Typical. What capitalists say is "nonsense." (Talk about "all or nothing.") > [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! I gave examples of dumbing down in previous posts that don't cater to anybody -- just the facts. > "... 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! Which is good reason why you should study the Western canon. ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ 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/
