Somebody who has visited Hungary once and doesn’t speak the language has been given a few thousand words in the NYRB to be an expert on Hungarian history and politics.
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Replying to @Mr_Considerate
Orban's big success is to have made himself part of the "acquis" of buzzwords to be waved by the not-very-knowledgeable when they want to make handwavy points about populism
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Replying to @tomescritt @Mr_Considerate
<looks> OH! a columnist and critic, you say?
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The things I could say about this person, but not on main.
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One of the world's leading authorities on "Ulysses" I seem to recall, by her own bashful admission, which by extension would make her an authority on the history of Trieste, which by extension …
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Fucking HELL why did I google
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Hand to hand combat with Corbyn over Ulysses, a memory I will always remember. Like, I’ve read it 12 times and multiple academic texts on it and would never consider myself a fucking scholar.
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The combination of congenital self-confidence and a really pushy agent is hard to beat.
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I’ve spent half my life reading it and am not arrogant to claim to be an expert (including four modules including this one https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/currentstudents/postgraduate/masters/modules/urban/ …) absolutely wild, unbridled arrogance
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Replying to @DawnHFoster @Mr_Considerate and
Still stands. He should start waxing lyrical about Pale Fire, and cause centrists to explode with rage.
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