Homer, hyperbole & ad hominem

[jbor]

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>From: Terrance <lycidas2 at earthlink.net>
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>> "Nietzsche's philosophy was "to the taste" of the Nazis, in
>> that it was a selective and self-serving interpretation of
>> Nietzsche's work which they constructed off their own bat.
>> Not so much
>> "irresponsible embellishment" as outright violation."

>
> The analogy doesn't work, anyone with even a spoonful of
> Nietzsche knows why, but as an ad hominem it works
> perfectly. Is it an ad hominem?

Er, I know I have at least "a spoonful" of Nietzsche, and no, it wasn't
intended as ad hominem. Is your attack on me here, and as previously, an ad
hominem one? I certainly perceive this to be the case.

> Now, we can excuse jbor's error, if in fact it was an error,
> but I think he should explain his meaning.

The Nazis might well have been sincere in their "interpretations" of
Nietzsche, and they certainly might have believed in the innate supremacy of
the Aryan race which those "interpretations" were garnered to support;
similarly, millison & monroe might well be sincere in their
"interpretations" of Pynchon, and they might well believe in whatever it is
that they imagine Pynchon's texts confirm for them. I have no idea what they
might be capable of; nevertheless, I think the analogy I made is both sound
and apt, and I stand by it. I believe it now falls to you to say why, in
your opinion, it "doesn't work".