[lit-ideas] Re: Censorship
- From: Brian <cabrian@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 12:27:06 -0500
Hi Mike, thanks for the welcome back.
With all due, my point is that the posts were nowhere near a majority
conservative. I forgot to mention the recent Joe Conason article and
the Katrina rebuilding piece with the quote from Clinton's former
chief of staff against the ownership society. If you peruse the
archives you'll find a high number of moderate and leftist pieces but
that doesn't make for the sexier controversy of conservative
viewpoints. M.A. Camp's great failure appears to be in understanding
that some in this group, including its moderator, are intolerant of
other points of view and for the crime of not possessing those views
but merely pointing out they exist they are silenced.
Best,
Brian
On Oct 14, 2005, at 11:25 PM, Mike Geary wrote:
Hi, Brian,
I join RP in welcoming you back.
I don't have any quarrels with M. A. Camp submitting his references
to 98% right wing bull shit essays. In fact, it was the 2% left
wing essay references that won me over. M. A. Camp obviously feels
that he's fulfilling a public service by bring to the attention of
a liberal audience the thought process of conservatives. And I can
appreciate that. But I must say that though none of the essays has
made me waver in my convictions in the slightest, still I've found
that the essays by conservative thinkers not only predictable but
fulfilling all my prejudices against conservatism -- of course,
that could just be my prejudice. Who knows? Liberals, no doubt,
might not be any more open minded than conservatives, though we
certainly like to think we are, but so what? It's all about sex
and money. Conservatives want money. Liberals want sex. Each
thinks each is sick. Conservatives are willing to pay for sex
(because they have money), whereas Liberals want free sex. Women
are the problem. Liberals woo women with the promise of taxing
rich conservatives to pay for child care -- the product of free
sex. Conservatives take an oath of abstinence, as Jesus would do,
with payment under the table for "fuck ups". So, you see, dear
Brian, it ain't that liberals are narrow minded, it's just that
we're more fuck focused.
Hope that explains a lot,
Mike Geary
Memphis
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