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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Replying to @Mr_Considerate @tomescritt
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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Replying to @DawnHFoster @DanFinn95 and
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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Oh man, all those people who thought Ulysses was just part of their cultural patrimony because they were posh Brits who went to Oxbridge, and had to be defended at all costs against interlopers like Corbyn. They had no idea how much they were telling on themselves.
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That and the hoots of disdain from the punditocracy at Corbyn’s mild suggestion that everyone should be encouraged in their creativity. DON’T ENCOURAGE THEM, JEREMY.
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Yeah the “I worked hard not to be a binman, how DARE you claim I’m not better than them” brigade.9
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