Pynchon's anti-Americanism

[Paul Mackin]

On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 18:53, pynchonoid wrote:
> Inexpensive salvo, esteemed colleague Paul. If I
> taught American literature, I'd teach it the way I
> taught journalism at San Francisco State -- help
> students learn basic techniques that they can use to
> do their own work,  the way I studied literature from
> my professors: teach how to go about analyzing and
> interpreting a text, then let students analyze and
> interpret texts using those princples. I've never
> encountered a professor who demands a particular
> literary interpretation.
> 
> If you agree with Zell Miller and mean to imply that
> I'm anti-American because I criticize the actions of
> the US government from time to time, that's another
> undignified slur.  I faced the draft during the
> Vietnam War and spent 2 years in the US Army as a
> result, drawing combat pay during a one-year tour of
> duty along the DMZ in Korea, complete with occasional
> cross-border shooting incidents; all the while
> grateful I had been spared combat in Vietnam. I vote,
> pay taxes, perform community service, and otherwise do
> my part as a good citizen. It's folks like Zell Miller
> and President Bush and the rest of that murderous crew
> who betray the US Constitution by questioning the
> patriotism of people who don't automatically go along
> with their war-mongering and criminal wars, and by
> seeking to limit free speech, right of assembly,  and
> other elements of the Bill of Rights, as we saw in NYC
> during the RNC (, yes, Kerry and the centrist
> Democrats have their shortcomings, too, no doubt) -
> that's what's un-American these days. 


Was merely commenting on how Pynchon's ill use by both the Looney Left
and the Looney Right was being illustrated by the single quote provided
by Otto. 

In case you hadn't heard, patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels.



> 
> --- Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
> > 
> > (quoting someone who sounds like Lynn Chaney after
> > studying modern
> > american lit under Doug Millison)
> > 
> 
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