why throwing around words like "anti-semitism" is fascism
prozak at anus.com
prozak at anus.com
Wed Feb 26 17:46:48 CST 2003
> >There's your contradiction right there: statements which provoke
> >thought are prone to criticism. I don't mind it. I do mind
> >*immaturity* in an intellectual sense, including taboo.
> >
> >If you want to waste time attempting to bash me publically, that's
> >fine, but this IS the Pynchon list (right?).
> >
> Contradiction...?
Here's what you wrote:
> 1. You seem to have a knack for making unsubstantiated, unsupported,
> even indefensible, statements. This does promote neither dialogue nor
> any other form of "truth seeking".
>
> 6. Remember that when you speak publicly you are automatically subject
> to criticism. And people judge other people from their actions (which
> includes publicly expressed opinions, even posted links).
Anything that's subject to criticism - and invokes it - touches on
something of interest. This is called dialogue, whether we can admit
interest in the topics without crossing taboo lines, or not.
> Sorry, but the above post canveys no meaning (at last none that has
> anything to do with reality). Too much entropy, it seems...
> When you start making any sense, we'll talk again.
So you say. But your assertion is:
"unsubstantiated, unsupported, even indefensible"
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