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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 Oct 2017

      8. Superhero movies and comics should be made for kids.

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 Oct 2017

      9. In a sane society, Ta-Nehisi Coates would be seen as a centrist & realist, not a radical & pessimist.

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 Oct 2017

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      10. Mel Brooks movies usually have about 10 minutes of good jokes and a lot of dross. https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/920099044143386626 …

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 Oct 2017

      11. Short stories > novels.

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    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 Oct 2017

      12. The French were right to love Jerry Lewis. Also: Edgar Allan Poe, Dashiell Hammett, Chester Himes, Philip K. Dick, etc.

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    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 Oct 2017

      13. Social democracy is the logical culmination of classical liberalism.

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    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 Oct 2017

      14. The current turn among liberals against monopolies is misguided. We need to socialize large enterprises, not break them up.

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    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 Oct 2017

      15. Alice Munro > John Updike > Philip Roth.

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    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 Oct 2017

      16. Our best case scenario is that we move from the realm of pathos to the realm of tragedy.

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    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 Oct 2017

      17. Nabokov & Kubrick, dismissed as cold nihilists, are in fact emotionally engaged moralists.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 17 Oct 2017

      18. Reactionary Catholicism is one of the best seedbeds for creating great culture.

      7:17 PM - 17 Oct 2017
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        1. Erik 楚冰冰‏ @eriktruedson 17 Oct 2017
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          Certainly very potent

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        2. Alan Levinovitz‏Verified account @AlanLevinovitz 17 Oct 2017
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          Hooray Rod Dreher!

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        3. 亚历山大, #1 Kirk Cousins Defender‏ @MrAlAnderson 17 Oct 2017
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          he's Orthodox

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        1. underscoredan‏ @underscoredan 17 Oct 2017
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          counterpoint: Jordan Peterson

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        1. Carlos Yu‏ @carloshasanax 17 Oct 2017
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          ... you've never been to the Philippines, I can tell.

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        2. Krasznahorkai Bandicoot‏ @kentemerson 17 Oct 2017
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          James Joyce?

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 17 Oct 2017
          Replying to @kentemerson

          Prime example.

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        2. Human Chiko Roll‏ @TheReaperMkII 17 Oct 2017
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          Counterpoint: Tony Abbott. Former Australian PM. Look him up. yes, he is eating an onion, with skin, raw. https://media.giphy.com/media/sJ8g9Q0dB2bC0/giphy.gif …

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        1. Monarda B. Allen‏ @MonardaB 17 Oct 2017
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          How so, exactly?

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