3. Kay: "Ezra’s mind and words inhabit a demagogic verbal netherworld in which facts don’t matter..."
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4. I'm not sure it's true to say Levant believes in truth of his libels and slanders. I think it's more accurate to say Levant doesn't care
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4. In Harry Frankfurt's useful distinction, Levant is not a liar, he's a bull shit artist. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bullshit …
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5. The liar knowingly tells an untruth. The bullshitter doesn't care about truth & erases distinction between truth and lies.
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6. Obviously, the bullshitter is more dangerous than the liar, is making a more radial assault on the possibility of truth.
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7. Disagree with Kay's contention "no other Canadian writer who writes and talk this way — at least, none who remains employed."
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8. The climate denialism of Kay's colleagues at the National Post is bullshit in the same way Levant's various libels are.
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9. Mark Steyn currently has a libel case based on comments he made about a climate scientists that are very Levant-esque.
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@MichaelMcGough3@HeerJeet curious if there is srs case 2b made that debate in Canada less robust than in US bc of libel law; seems doubtful2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@ktheintz @MichaelMcGough3 Range of political debate in Canada much wider than USA but corruption harder to challenge.
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