@CoreyRobin This discussion began, recall, with me refusing to be reduced to a point on such a line.
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Replying to @notjessewalker
@notjessewalker Why do you say "reduced"? Blake saw a world in a grain of sand, why not in a point on a spectrum?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @CoreyRobin
@CoreyRobin Because I don't recognize myself in that spectrum. It is drawn -- in most versions -- in such a way that I don't fit.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @notjessewalker
@notjessewalker Okay, but just b/c you don't see yourself in that spectrum doesn't mean it doesn't exist or is merely mystification.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @CoreyRobin
@CoreyRobin Let me put it this way: I think there are spectrums -- plural -- that exist. But they don't line up neatly with one another.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @notjessewalker
@notjessewalker But what are the poles of those spectrums? How do you arrange different positions on them?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @CoreyRobin
@CoreyRobin Damned if anyone agrees. Compare this: http://wconger.blogspot.com/2005/08/karl-hess-left-right-spectrum.html … to this: http://books.google.com/books?id=UuKnhw27vUwC&q=%22total+government+in+any+form+on+the+far+Left+and+no+government+or+anarchy+on+the+far+right%22&dq=%22total+government+in+any+form+on+the+far+Left+and+no+government+or+anarchy+on+the+far+right%22&source=bl&ots=-jZnuXkaNk&sig=1_eMqqgPg61_SK9G07IpDb7sCWg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=SFZFUPTKF-PV6QH6qYCICA&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA … and scratch your head.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @notjessewalker
@notjessewalker ultimately have to fall back on some notion of left and right. Also, just b/c people disagree about something doesn't (cont)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @CoreyRobin
@CoreyRobin The disagreement gets in the way of communication. I try to use "left" and "right" only when I trust people to know what I mean.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@notjessewalker @coreyrobin And how often is that the case?
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