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barbara100 at jps.net wrote:


> Some of us on the Pynchon List try to argue Pynchon's in our
> ideological/political camp. 

Doug and Barbara try to argue this. Some puppets and cheerleaders, like
Jbframe shake a plastic pom-pom now and again but some ( unless you're
talkin sum--Doug's parade of puppets) some on this list don't do
anything of the sort. It's only Doug and you who can't imagine that
Pynchon is not a political genius. 



>One will argue he's a hawk, another a dove. 

There is no post in the archives that even suggests that anyone has ever
argued that Pynchon is a hawk. I'm wrong, please provide at least one
example. 

One
> will argue he's a patriot and holds respect for Institutions and Offices of
> the President, the other certainly NOT. 


A Patriot? What the hell does that mean?
Gee, barb, say something meaningful for once. Patriot? Respect for the
blah blah blah.....   This sounds like Doug's set-up BS. 


One will argue he's for the War on
> Terrorism, another vehemently NOT. 

What is "war on terrorism"? How would anyone know what Pynchon thinks
about this phrase or what it has come to mean after 9-11? And who the
hell cares? I like Roth as a novelist but I don't agree with his views
on terrorism. I like Pynchon but I think he has no real clew about
economics. Even his science is pretty piss poor. 



It's gets intense at times. Sometimes I
> wonder if it's sheer animosity that drives the arguing, or genuine belief.
> When others chime in with support, oftentimes the losing side begins
> accusing the winning side of being one person, one person with multiple
> personae.  It happens to Doug the most frequently. 

Gee Barb, maybe you shouldn't worry so much about this stuff. I mean, it
is only a cyberspace listserve. 


 A lot of leftward voices
> have been dismissed as being his.  

Gee, I mean, I think the list here is pretty much tilted to the Left. If
you have not figured that out, Barb, you really are misreading the list.
The reason Doug gets accused of exploiting  the multiple persona (and,
for example, with the exception of Doug's stupid complaints,  I don't)
is because he abuses it and uses his puppets (or really tries and fails)
to win arguments. 


I'm probably the most notable. Some say
> we have the same writing style, and offer double spaces after periods as
> compelling evidence. I bet those accusers find the Blair Dossier compelling
> too.

Geee Barb, are you writing a book on fallacies?