Allan Bloom's real worry wasn't the "Closing of the American Mind" but the "Opening of the American Closet." Discuss.
@marksholdice It's precisely because Bloom rejected modern idea of sexual identity that he didn't come out of closet as bi man.
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@HeerJeet That also assumes he should have identified with an identity he didn't believe existed. According to Socrates, we're all bisexual. -
@marksholdice Well, I agree with Socretes. Still, Bloom felt his sexuality best kept in shadow & expressed in code. I'd call that a closet. - Show replies
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@HeerJeet Bloom was very dismissive of what he thought were feminine traits of male homosexuals, but it didn't keep him from homosexuality -
@marksholdice Well, that pattern of contempt for feminine homosexuality & engaging in gay sex happens often, not just to philosophers.
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