[lit-ideas] Re: Ten most harmful books...
- From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 18:51:16 +0100
Wednesday, June 1, 2005, 5:11:45 AM, Stan Spiegel wrote:
SS> I wonder what would make Rachel Carson toxic -- and Ralph Nader unsafe --
SS> enough to justify including them on this peculiar list. Why, even John
SS> Stuart Mill, Friedan, DeBeauvoir and B.F. Skinner made the list, not to
SS> mention whatshisname who wrote the Origin of the Species. Including him as a
SS> runner-up really helps characterize the crazy people who put together this
SS> list.
Oh I understand why they are there -- as you say, these people are
crazy, I think wingnut is the term -- I can even see why Dewey's
there, given their views. What I can't see is why _The Authoritarian
Personality_'s there.
SS> I'm reduced to a state of wonder.
Go to http://www.tpmcafe.com/ -- John Edwards is blogging there this
week -- for a dose of liberalism! But first sign John Conyers' letter
(sorry, this is not the best link for it)
http://www.johnconyers.com/index.asp?Type=NONE&SEC={456ECCD5-4EAC-4C6D-8A17-89728B250AE2}
Judy
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SS> From: "Judy Evans" <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
SS> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
SS> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 9:43 PM
SS> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Ten most harmful books...
>> Yikes indeed! did you see _The Authoritarian Personality_'s on the
>> list?!! I can see mad raving rightwingers might not like the others
>> (clearly Keynes is Satan) but..
>>
>> Judy
>>
>>
>> Wednesday, June 1, 2005, 2:11:26 AM, Ursula Stange wrote:
>>
>> US> Yikes...
>> US> http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=7591
>>
>>
>>
>>
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