AW: Re: BEg2 chapter 17 Montauk, Time Travel, and Republican Sin

[Hübschräuber]

> I take that as 100% literal—Republicans. That's how Americans use the term; nobody here, especially in New York, refers to Americans as "Republicans" in general with a capital-R, like Irish Republicans, for instance. However, while I agree with Joseph that the Democrats share mush guilt re: defense factories, etc., (1) I still read this narration as being "influenced" or semi-representing Maxine, and many New Yorkers I know are really blind to Democratic sin; and (2) Long Island is a Republican bastion, so perhaps Pynchon literally means the inhabitants themselves? Especially given the suburban riffs.

This makes sense. I had been wondering about that capital-R.