,Re: In case no one else saw this

[John Bailey]

That feeling when the Pynchon List is discussing who it's OK to hate.

And we couldn't get through one group read of Bleeding Edge.

PS Paul it's great to hear from you again lately. Elder statesman of
the list, for the newcomers.

On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 9:30 PM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok to hate jihadist I thot
>
> On Nov 18, 2015 8:58 PM, "Mark Thibodeau" <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I am finding it difficult to understand why it's okay to hate National
>> Socialists as a group, but NOT Islamic fundamentalists. After all, NOT ALL
>> NAZIS, like, worked in concentration camps, you know! And weren't they
>> defending themselves and their homeland during a time of, like, WAR?
>>
>> At what point does the cognitive dissonance result in a destructive
>> resonance feedback loop that shakes all of reality apart?
>>
>> J
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 5:42 PM, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> ah, the press. The first essay suggests there is a far more productive
>>> way to think about the IS:
>>>
>>> " It is much more productive to think about what the Islamic State’s
>>> combatants, or those of any other extremist group, or ordinary, peaceable
>>> Iraqis or Syrians want to live for."
>>>
>>> But the essay, after this fine suggestion, resorts to blaming us and
>>> those in the press for failing to follow this line of thought, then launches
>>> a nutshell reading of history that dumps more blame on us. The second essay
>>> is more of the same, blame, blame, blame.
>>>
>>> What do the extremists want to live for?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 3:48 PM, Thomas Eckhardt
>>> <thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The topic at hand is also discussed here:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.salon.com/2015/11/18/its_paul_krugman_vs_noam_chomsky_this_is_the_history_we_need_to_understand_paris_isis/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.salon.com/2015/11/15/we_brought_this_on_ourselves_after_paris_it_is_time_to_square_our_values_with_our_history/
>>>>
>>>> In this case, as in the case of Ukraine, I generally agree with Smith
>>>> without supporting every claim he makes.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Am 18.11.2015 um 15:19 schrieb ish mailian:
>>>>>
>>>>> While I agree that the narrative, "they hate us for our freedom" is
>>>>> being trotted out again, and that such narratives are used to divert
>>>>> attention from the atrocities committed by the West
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> (...)
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> P.S. Did Bush say "freedom" or "freedoms"?
>>>
>>>
>>
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