SLSL Pynchon a '60s student radical? Re: SLSL Intro: Pynchon bio

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>>>It is clear in the Intro that Pynchon's sympathies are
with blue collar workers and student radicals in the
60s<<<

His tone sounds more detached to me. He never quite identifies his own
sympathies one way or the other. The descriptions are almost like he is an
outside observer. He 'wanders into' Evergreen. He 'knew people' in the navy
who.... He 'found academic people' alarmed. He 'looked at the attitude' of
literary people. 'Our loyalties' were divided. 'We were' onlookers. 'We
adopted' postures and props. He presents himself as very poorly defined and
not very conscious. Not a lot of I statements clearly identifying anything
personal. When he goes into first person it is often to be critical. He
seems sympathetic with all the various perspectives, not just with blue
collar workers and student radicals. This multi-perspectival attitude is
what is clear in the intro, and confusing as hell, delightfully speaking, in
his novels.