VLVL "betrayal, cowardice, destructiveness, and lying" (81)

[Paul Mackin]

> Why do you leave out the third quote that shows the historical dimension
> from the Pilgrim Fathers to the Bush-dynasty.
> 
> "You're up against the True Faith here, some heavy dudes, talking crusades,
> retribution, closed ideological minds passing on  the Christian Capitalist
> Faith intact, mentor to protégé, generation to generation, living inside
> their power, convinced they're immune to all the history the rest of us have
> to suffer." (232)
> 
> Are you avoiding specific pieces of the text? McCarthyism was based
> precisely on this ideology.

Strange idea of precision and/or McCarthyism.


> Someone has complained about "Vineland" lacking major sentences. I consider
> this quote as valuable as a general statement as some of the best stuff from
> GR.


The more general the better.

Pynchon generates a lot of heat but don't try to pin any of it down.