a 5-star polemic, but imho the @NewYorker compromises its urbanity by running polemics
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reading this piece more carefully, i'd call it maybe 3-star polemic. deliberate misreadings all over. not
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@NewYorker introspective? Yes. Self-obsessed? Hell no! Mere name-calling hereThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker because he wanted to live deliberately, so he went to the woods to do be important things...like stare at ants.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker At the time he knew he was a misanthrope and was also the only person who could spell it without using a dictionary.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker "How dare Thoreau dislike coffee and not be Whitman?" This piece is baffling.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker HDT NEVER claimed 2 b isolated. All her claims against him are IN THE BOOK. Also said it was temporary experiment nvr human idealThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker This is the most atrocious reading of Walden I've ever read. Kathryn has missed every point by a mile.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker If one doesn't separate Art from artist, nothing will remain to enjoy. Decent humans rarely get famous.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker Better read Molière or Shakespeare to understand what misanthropy is.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker You're not going to make me hate Thoreau by attempting to over-analyze & categorize him. Foolishness.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@alherod wow. Turning a blind eye in the narcissism and hypocrisy feels much better than this point of view
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@NewYorker well played click bait. At least it sparked conversation about a classic. Nothing wrong with that.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker There's plenty that can & should be critiqued about Thoreau.It so happens that the points made here are mostly not the right onesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker How can a piece like this even be published? Its thesis is like something from a freshman comp class.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker because nature writers, field scientists, ethicists, historians, and those wondering why will find woods to explore in his work.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker writer should live alone in woods two years and maybe will then understand Thoreau and the natural world; it was an experiment!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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