Comments on: Politics and the literary world http://collectedmiscellany.com/2003/12/politics-and-the-literary-world/ seemingly random thoughts on books & ideas Thu, 17 May 2012 14:12:15 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kevin Holtsberry http://collectedmiscellany.com/2003/12/politics-and-the-literary-world/comment-page-1/#comment-215 Kevin Holtsberry Wed, 24 Dec 2003 03:45:56 +0000 http://collectedmiscellany.com/2003/12/politics-and-the-literary-world/#comment-215 Yes, I agree there is overblown rhetoric on all sides. I criticised Ann Coulter for her rhetoric on this site. Certainly, libertarians have contributed to this view that the Bush administration is shredding the constitution. I just find it jarring to see how strong the language has become on some sites. I guess I didn't read these type of sites during the Clinton administration so I can't compare. Yes, I agree there is overblown rhetoric on all sides. I criticised Ann Coulter for her rhetoric on this site. Certainly, libertarians have contributed to this view that the Bush administration is shredding the constitution.

I just find it jarring to see how strong the language has become on some sites. I guess I didn’t read these type of sites during the Clinton administration so I can’t compare.

]]> By: Cliff http://collectedmiscellany.com/2003/12/politics-and-the-literary-world/comment-page-1/#comment-214 Cliff Wed, 24 Dec 2003 01:07:04 +0000 http://collectedmiscellany.com/2003/12/politics-and-the-literary-world/#comment-214 "It seems to me that the scare is rather weak if you can become rich and famous by mocking and degrading the President of the United States. Can anyone honestly claim that the publishing word isn't free to publish violent criticisms of the current administration? Isn't it a fact that literary prizes are being awarded to people highly critical of the current American administration or have a significant anti-America slant? Are there not bestsellers made up of anti-Bush and anti-administration arguments? The web is full of vitriol and diatribe, not too mention some of the wildest conspiracy theories " What strikes me about your words is that it sounds just like what happen in the last administration. The same stuff went on almost non-stop. My point is that both sides are equally guilty. For example, a just published book “Deliver Us from Evil : Defeating Terrorism, Despotism, and Liberalism” by S Hannity, is, I think, an example of what you mean? Just the title is an example of an anti-American diatribe. Many Americans are conservative, and just as many are liberals, but all are individuals with many different views about many different issues facing our nation. In fact, the terms liberal and conservative are not well defined. But, when someone attempts to define Liberalism as somehow associated with evil, terrorism and despotism they should be condemned by all. Is that happening? If a liberal produced a similar title would all condemn it? “It seems to me that the scare is rather weak if you can become rich and famous by mocking and degrading the President of the United States. Can anyone honestly claim that the publishing word isn’t free to publish violent criticisms of the current administration? Isn’t it a fact that literary prizes are being awarded to people highly critical of the current American administration or have a significant anti-America slant? Are there not bestsellers made up of anti-Bush and anti-administration arguments? The web is full of vitriol and diatribe, not too mention some of the wildest conspiracy theories ”

What strikes me about your words is that it sounds just like what happen in the last administration. The same stuff went on almost non-stop. My point is that both sides are equally guilty. For example, a just published book “Deliver Us from Evil : Defeating Terrorism, Despotism, and Liberalism” by S Hannity, is, I think, an example of what you mean? Just the title is an example of an anti-American diatribe. Many Americans are conservative, and just as many are liberals, but all are individuals with many different views about many different issues facing our nation. In fact, the terms liberal and conservative are not well defined. But, when someone attempts to define Liberalism as somehow associated with evil, terrorism and despotism they should be condemned by all. Is that happening? If a liberal produced a similar title would all condemn it?

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