1. West Coast Straussians have been a hotbed of Trump supporters, while East Coast Straussians have been wary of Trump. Why?
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Replying to @HeerJeet
2. The West Coast/East Coast Straussian divisions cuts along lines of sexuality and politics. The Incel/Volcel distinction is relevant.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
3. All Straussians agree best thing in life is homoeroticly-tinged pedagogy between older man and young man. (See Plato's Symposium).
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Replying to @DamonLinker
I think Bloom's Love and Friendship makes all this pretty explicit.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
I just plugged the essay, which is better than the tweets. I don't think that's the message of L&F. ....
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Replying to @DamonLinker
Appreciate the plug. Tweets were meant to be a provocation.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
WC Str, by contrast, make a fetish or idol of the United States. The mouth of the cave is sealed. No escape.
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Right, agree on all that but would add specific nature of philosophy exalted by EC Straussians is homosocial/homoerotic.
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