Comments for Crosswords and Puzzles http://malaproprose.wordpress.com Impossible things that Rhyme Tue, 21 Aug 2007 22:58:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Vintage Conservative by Eric Wilds http://malaproprose.wordpress.com/2007/08/19/vintage-conservative/#comment-265 Eric Wilds Tue, 21 Aug 2007 22:58:44 +0000 http://malaproprose.wordpress.com/2007/08/19/vintage-conservative/#comment-265 Lawrence Auster is really just a Neocon who likes to play up the race and gender card to make himself appear original. He has a few, simple ideas. All Islam is bad and is a mortal threat to the West. This is obviously false. The war in Iraq was a really good idea. This is also obviously false. Lawrence Auster is really just a Neocon who likes to play up the race and gender card to make himself appear original. He has a few, simple ideas. All Islam is bad and is a mortal threat to the West. This is obviously false. The war in Iraq was a really good idea. This is also obviously false.

]]> Comment on Vintage Conservative by malaproprose http://malaproprose.wordpress.com/2007/08/19/vintage-conservative/#comment-263 malaproprose Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:22:09 +0000 http://malaproprose.wordpress.com/2007/08/19/vintage-conservative/#comment-263 Howard, Shame on me for demonstrating bias! Because there is no way that Auster has shown bias in any of his arguments. Whites really are superior to every other race, except for the Asians of course. Please, show some smidgeon of consistency. Besides the old linked Wolcott article, I had no inclination or desire to learn more about Auster until this past week, when his spat with Mary carried over to a blog I visit. That is what precipitated this little harangue. Stoilov, This is decidedly a D minus blog, so good grades are always appreciated. Mark, When someone writes as much as Lawrence, it is inevitable that he will explore a lot of different positions. What grates on me like fingernails across a chalkboard is his reliance upon bad faith. It is just assumed that all the groups Auster targets are innately inferior or victim of a sinister ideology that makes them ripe for being scapegoats. I simply extend that same assumption to Auster, why should he be excluded? Cindy, My article was based on a profound distaste for Auster's fear mongering. If he wants to talk about a real culture war, he should stop sniveling when people make fun of him. Howard,
Shame on me for demonstrating bias! Because there is no way that Auster has shown bias in any of his arguments. Whites really are superior to every other race, except for the Asians of course. Please, show some smidgeon of consistency. Besides the old linked Wolcott article, I had no inclination or desire to learn more about Auster until this past week, when his spat with Mary carried over to a blog I visit. That is what precipitated this little harangue.

Stoilov,
This is decidedly a D minus blog, so good grades are always appreciated.

Mark,
When someone writes as much as Lawrence, it is inevitable that he will explore a lot of different positions. What grates on me like fingernails across a chalkboard is his reliance upon bad faith. It is just assumed that all the groups Auster targets are innately inferior or victim of a sinister ideology that makes them ripe for being scapegoats. I simply extend that same assumption to Auster, why should he be excluded?

Cindy,
My article was based on a profound distaste for Auster’s fear mongering. If he wants to talk about a real culture war, he should stop sniveling when people make fun of him.

]]> Comment on Vintage Conservative by Alan Andrews http://malaproprose.wordpress.com/2007/08/19/vintage-conservative/#comment-257 Alan Andrews Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:39:26 +0000 http://malaproprose.wordpress.com/2007/08/19/vintage-conservative/#comment-257 "Because he was too busy ogling her bosom." Come on, now. I'm fairly certain Mr. Auster could ogle her bosom AND pay attention to what she was saying. He's a very sharp guy. Pretty women do have a cross to bear, though, I agree. “Because he was too busy ogling her bosom.”

Come on, now. I’m fairly certain Mr. Auster could ogle her bosom AND pay attention to what she was saying. He’s a very sharp guy.

Pretty women do have a cross to bear, though, I agree.

]]> Comment on Vintage Conservative by Laura Wood http://malaproprose.wordpress.com/2007/08/19/vintage-conservative/#comment-254 Laura Wood Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:12:50 +0000 http://malaproprose.wordpress.com/2007/08/19/vintage-conservative/#comment-254 Mary Jackson continues to misrepresent and cheapen Auster's views. In his lucid defense of traditional morality, Auster has shown more concern for women than thousands of sneering elitists who think greedy narcissism a becoming feminine trait. If Ms. Jackson stepped into the real world for a moment, she might find many ordinary people find it hard to look up to a public official who bares her chest even slightly. Does Jackson honestly think she is defending women in general by trivializing such behavior? Is this really what women fought for? Mary Jackson continues to misrepresent and cheapen Auster’s views. In his lucid defense of traditional morality, Auster has shown more concern for women than thousands of sneering elitists who think greedy narcissism a becoming feminine trait. If Ms. Jackson stepped into the real world for a moment, she might find many ordinary people find it hard to look up to a public official who bares her chest even slightly. Does Jackson honestly think she is defending women in general by trivializing such behavior? Is this really what women fought for?

]]> Comment on Vintage Conservative by Mary Jackson http://malaproprose.wordpress.com/2007/08/19/vintage-conservative/#comment-253 Mary Jackson Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:43:22 +0000 http://malaproprose.wordpress.com/2007/08/19/vintage-conservative/#comment-253 Why didn't Auster refute what Caroline Flint was saying about unemployment statistics? Because he was too busy ogling her bosom. Why didn’t Auster refute what Caroline Flint was saying about unemployment statistics?

Because he was too busy ogling her bosom.

]]> Comment on Vintage Conservative by Mark Jaworowski http://malaproprose.wordpress.com/2007/08/19/vintage-conservative/#comment-252 Mark Jaworowski Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:17:28 +0000 http://malaproprose.wordpress.com/2007/08/19/vintage-conservative/#comment-252 Auster is brilliant. Politically correct cowardly ostriches could learn a few things reading his website. Why don't you refute what he says point by point rather than engage in the childish remarks? You don't because you cannot. Auster is brilliant. Politically correct cowardly ostriches could learn a few things reading his website. Why don’t you refute what he says point by point rather than engage in the childish remarks? You don’t because you cannot.

]]> Comment on Vintage Conservative by Mary Jackson http://malaproprose.wordpress.com/2007/08/19/vintage-conservative/#comment-250 Mary Jackson Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:13:03 +0000 http://malaproprose.wordpress.com/2007/08/19/vintage-conservative/#comment-250 I think Auster's views on Islam are quite right. But when it comes to women he hasn't a clue. I think Auster’s views on Islam are quite right. But when it comes to women he hasn’t a clue.

]]> Comment on Vintage Conservative by Cindy Lee http://malaproprose.wordpress.com/2007/08/19/vintage-conservative/#comment-248 Cindy Lee Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:52:04 +0000 http://malaproprose.wordpress.com/2007/08/19/vintage-conservative/#comment-248 Your sneering article accomplishes nothing other than to reveal your own fear of Auster's realism and rational arguments. It's time to quit pretending the butt-naked emperor of political correctness and liberalism is wearing beautiful clothes and get real, even when getting real means acknowledging some unpleasant truths. As Auster has stated, it's nobody's fault that certain things are the way they are, so why should a person be excoriated for being a realist? The Serenity Prayer was never more applicable. Your sneering article accomplishes nothing other than to reveal your own fear of Auster’s realism and rational arguments. It’s time to quit pretending the butt-naked emperor of political correctness and liberalism is wearing beautiful clothes and get real, even when getting real means acknowledging some unpleasant truths. As Auster has stated, it’s nobody’s fault that certain things are the way they are, so why should a person be excoriated for being a realist? The Serenity Prayer was never more applicable.

]]> Comment on Vintage Conservative by Mark Richardson http://malaproprose.wordpress.com/2007/08/19/vintage-conservative/#comment-247 Mark Richardson Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:24:16 +0000 http://malaproprose.wordpress.com/2007/08/19/vintage-conservative/#comment-247 You underestimate Lawrence Auster. Someone reading your post would think that by visiting View from the Right they were going to arrive at a crude, unthinking site. They would be surprised to find that the focus is on searching through political positions on both the left and right. It is Auster's skill and sharpness in doing this (with some striking originality of thought) which has brought him his audience. You underestimate Lawrence Auster. Someone reading your post would think that by visiting View from the Right they were going to arrive at a crude, unthinking site. They would be surprised to find that the focus is on searching through political positions on both the left and right. It is Auster’s skill and sharpness in doing this (with some striking originality of thought) which has brought him his audience.

]]> Comment on Vintage Conservative by Stoilov http://malaproprose.wordpress.com/2007/08/19/vintage-conservative/#comment-246 Stoilov Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:04:16 +0000 http://malaproprose.wordpress.com/2007/08/19/vintage-conservative/#comment-246 A+ for ad hominem! A+ for ad hominem!

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