tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983714963510766982.post5841986896823612974..comments2022-02-27T01:56:50.178-04:00Comments on The Pnakotic Manuscripts: The Courtesy of Intellectual DebateJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02312740064923045194noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983714963510766982.post-86313524343080365372009-03-14T18:24:00.000-03:002009-03-14T18:24:00.000-03:00I've been trying to figure that one out for 2 year...I've been trying to figure that one out for 2 years now.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02312740064923045194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983714963510766982.post-31335136977593042242009-03-14T16:49:00.000-03:002009-03-14T16:49:00.000-03:00WTF is a pankotic mangoscript?WTF is a pankotic mangoscript?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983714963510766982.post-7342532034603857392009-03-11T01:23:00.000-03:002009-03-11T01:23:00.000-03:00I try to be gentler in my official scholarship tha...I try to be gentler in my official scholarship than I am online, that's for sure.Troy Camplinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515578686042143845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983714963510766982.post-37258753990318474412009-02-27T01:38:00.000-04:002009-02-27T01:38:00.000-04:00Don't forget "classist." Sometimes I kick homeless...Don't forget "classist." Sometimes I kick homeless people when I think no one's looking.<BR/><BR/>I felt bad using Fred as an example, because I've seen him extend such courtesy in debate with arrogant and cruel opponents, and I know how generous he is. But several smart people whose opinions I respect haven't been able to get past Culture of Hope's chapter The Failure of the Avant Garde, and I don't think it's because they're card carrying liberal fascists.<BR/><BR/>I sympathize with the first group of authors I mentioned, though. I don't really care if po-mo is euthanized or rehabilitated, just as long as it happens soon.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02312740064923045194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983714963510766982.post-53762348021630116452009-02-26T11:21:00.000-04:002009-02-26T11:21:00.000-04:00Well, maybe if you weren't such a racist, sexist, ...Well, maybe if you weren't such a racist, sexist, homophobic, politically oppressive jerk, you'd understand why the neo-Marxist postmodernists have to set out to destroy all foes (much like the bad karate kids in Karate Kid). <BR/><BR/>And there's the rub, at least with the neo-Marxist postmodernists. If you really believe your opponents are racist, sexist, homophobic, oppressive, etc., why would you want to treat them as rational people with whom you should give the courtesy of engaging in rational dialogue? That being the current intellectual culture, it's perhaps not surprising to find opponents engaging in the same kind of rhetoric. Which of course does not excuse it. In fact, your criticism is dead on. The satirist in me still wants to ridicule ridiculous things, though. :-) Still, we do need more martial artists of criticism.Troy Camplinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515578686042143845noreply@blogger.com