I mean, I really like @arthur_affect: politics and writing sometimes needs to be about going to war, especially against terrible views
Dear @freddiedeboer just read this http://fredrikdeboer.com/2015/09/07/whats-happening-and-why-and-why-does-it-matter/ … @ I get what you're aiming at, I too sometimes find @arthur_affect exhausting 1/2
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but I can sympathize with your sense that it feels sometimes that public appreciations of art or life have had their questions narrowed 2/3
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but I think that your sense of despair and exhaustion have a lot more to do with being stuck in an echo chamber (not of your own making) 3/4
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You claim check-boxing progressive political commitments has become a sine qua none of criticism, taking up air of other considerations 4/5
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and it's true that this is a growing genre, this use of criticism as a hammer to silence persons rather than engaging them 5/6
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but look: here's a review of Jonathan Franzen in a Canadian newspaper that doesn't fall prey to that pathology http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/review-frequently-asked-questions-about-jonathan-franzens-purity/article26229245/ … 6/7
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7/8 it engages with the "woman question" engages with it intelligently, doesn't cede to it, and leaves lots of room for other considerations
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Why this example? Not because it's typical. A single example can refute your thesis, but precisely because it's off the beaten path. 8/9
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but not that far off the beaten path! it's relatively mainstream. Of course, it being Canadian means it may as well be from the moon! 9/10
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I think you're right that
@Slate is generally terrible in the ways that you've identified. But that why I read you instead of them. 10/11Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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