MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Order today at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
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Intro tweet to the above (Williams is American but currently lives in France)
and tweeted thought 8 hours before
by artappraiser on Mon, 10/26/2020 - 12:33am
There is no "real" binary. There are many binaries, if we're going to talk like that. Yes I can form a coalition with some on let's call it the intellectual right in support of free speech and rational debate and against cancel culture and all that it entails. But there are so many other fundamental "binaries" where I vehemently disagree. Even among the intellectual right there's what I see as an irrational adherence to religion, mostly Christian, and I'm an atheist. And that encompasses so many smaller issues like abortion etc. Then there's the power dynamics. The intellectual right supports the raw use of power to achieve their goals like the electoral college and stacking the courts. I support limiting that raw power or if that's not possible for the the democrats using power when they get it in ways as extreme as the republicans. While there are times when I can agree with the right on trans issues I see a strain there that is anti trans.There is some real dislike there that I don't want to be a part of. I don't care at all if someone is trans. I just want to disagree with the pc trans line and debate the issues without being "canceled." Or more to the point since I personally will be unaffected, I want anyone to be able to discuss it. I could go on about the areas where I fundamentally disagree with the right. Mostly it's just the defense of free speech and rational debate where I can join with the right.
by ocean-kat on Mon, 10/26/2020 - 12:56am
well put question:
by artappraiser on Mon, 10/26/2020 - 3:24pm
by artappraiser on Tue, 10/27/2020 - 12:43am
Thomas Chatterton Williams as puerile chattering muffin.
How to blow a reputation as an avant-garde "intellectual"?
https://www.buzzfeed.com/stephenlaconte/emily-ratajkowski-sexist-intervi...
by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 11/03/2020 - 3:48pm
actually the conversation on Klion's twitter thread, which includes T.W. Williams and others, was a pleasant surprise, quite lively and highbrow after his initial response. While I can't speak for others, I find myself still happy with the crowd he hangs with and the crowd he argues with.
I especially liked this reply
by artappraiser on Tue, 11/03/2020 - 6:22pm