1984 Foreword "fascistic disposition"

[Terrance]

pynchonoid wrote:
> Fact remains, a handful of voices here on Pynchon-L
> work overtime to dismiss Pynchon's non-fiction, and
> get nervous whenever the possibility emerges that the
> politics made explicit in his non-fiction inform his
> fiction as well. 

There are only a handful of voices here, Doug. Get it? 

"If he were allowed contact with foreigners he would discover
 that they are creatures similar to himself and that most of what
 he has been told about them is lies. The sealed world in which
 he lives would be broken, and the fear, hatred, and
 self-righteousness on which his morale depends might
 evaporate." 

		--From, Afterword, _1984_