Pynchon mention

[prozak at anus.com]

> > eh, he wrote in a short range, but his thought was some of the 
> > farthest-ranging from the standard. he and eliot at least seemed to
> > destroy some of the facade."
> 
> I would not have bundled these two....Could you elaborate?

in my view, both were descended from the proto-materialist tradition 
of nietzsche and postdeist philosophy.

>  mainly what's refreshing about mencken is
> > his ability to admit enmity within society.
> 
> Well, yes.......but it is somewhat ironic that he clung to the anti-
> semitism to which he had been conditioned by his local 
> milleu....and he never did manage to leave his mothers house for 
> very long...

i don't see it as ironic. "anti-semitism" means belief that judean 
religions are a spiritual and or political threat to a desired way of 
life. where he wants to live is his business.

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