you know if beto said he named his kid after ulysses s. grant, i would like him a lot more, even if it was a lie
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you're running for president of the united states, why not say you named your kid after the general that saved the republic and crushed slavery, not some fucking book that's not even from america
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Finnegans Wake is more significantly American. There's a fair bit about the Boston Irish.
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i'll try to keep that fact handy for the next cocktail party i find myself at
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Also, perhaps to tie in to the tweet that got people mad at
@xlorentzen, Joyce was an avid reader of American comic strips like Mutt & Jeff & Krazy Kat, which are alluded to throughout the Wake.2 replies 0 retweets 11 likes -
Along with Beckett he was one of the rare great modernist who was also an anti-fascist. So I have a soft spot for him.
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