thinking about fucking around and becoming a left straussian
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Replying to @lionel_trolling
Best left Straussian was George Anastaplo. Student of Strauss, victim of McCarthyism, opponent of Vietnam war, anti-racist.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @lionel_trolling
George Anastaplo’s Blog: Glimpses of Leo Strauss, Jacob Klein, and St. John’s College.https://bit.ly/1RxHJE7
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Replying to @lionel_trolling @HeerJeet
The Leo Strauss-St. John's College connection is often overlooked. Many who studied with him are still alive and offer very thoughtful (and not so right-wing apostolic) reflections.
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Replying to @RonMwangaguhung @lionel_trolling
I kind of have a theory that almost all right-wing Straussianism comes not from Strauss but from Jaffa (the paleo-cons) & Bloom (the neo-cons).
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Replying to @HeerJeet @RonMwangaguhung
I don't really know that I would call Jaffa a paleo considering he's so pro-Lincoln
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Replying to @lionel_trolling @RonMwangaguhung
It's complicated. Jaffa argued a lot with paleos (and he was a major foil for Sam Francis) but almost all of Jaffa's students are now Trumpians.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @RonMwangaguhung
This is true, they had their own path there. But I think of paleos mostly as people who were pro Mel Bradford. Not many kind words for Lincoln in that crowd.
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Well, I think Bradford & Jaffa pretty much agreed on everything but Lincoln. Did you ever read the Bradford/Jaffa disputes in American Spectator? worth a look.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @RonMwangaguhung
I really should check that out that sounds super interesting
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Even Bloom is complicated pretty sure he always voted democrat
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