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Response to Salon's article: "Interview with Camille Paglia: takes on Stewart and other liberals"7/31/2015 So in this article, this lady Camille (who I've never heard of) makes a few silly claims and barbs, buried amongst some good commentary about modern liberalism and how annoying they can sometimes be.
My Dad sent me the article, and while I disagree with much of what she says, there are some kernels of truth in there somewhere. Just enough to fool a casual liberal or a casual republican into thinking she knew what she was talking about. Below the jump, I'll include my commentary, some of which is still in email form. I'll gussy things up if anyone wants me to. Until then, let me know what you think in the comments!
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I'll separate this out into different sections by topic, starting with Camille Paglia:
I've read extensively into her views, and I see why you, and many on the right like her: she's very confident, self assured, and arrogant in her beliefs. And hey - whatever. That doesn't change anything. After reviewing her beliefs, I have found them wanting, but overall acceptable - and compatible with my previous assertions. Also, she is not well respected by the Left at all. I don't particularly care, but it is false to assert such a thing. As far as I can tell, the two of us are birds of a feather in that we have no true political home - but I already knew and have always known that political parties are blunt, imperfect tools for getting the future we want. But that's democracy: it is the worst form of government, except for all the others that have been tried. It's just that, at it's most fundamental level, I agree with Liberalism over Conservatism: Change is dangerous (a catch-all guide for Conservatism) but good (the catch-all counter for Liberalism. I could never vote for, or support, anyone whose ideology is supplied by fear of change, religion, or their personal feelings towards some issue. This is a big problem for feminists these days - the Social Justice Warriors as they are becoming known on the internet - as their ideology is very heavily influenced by both fear and personal feelings. But I'll get to that later, hopefully. In the meantime, here's my breakdown of Camille: I was just listening, in fact, to the song Calgone, by Incubus.
It is, for all intents and purposes, a heavy metal song. I really like the intro to the song in particular. It starts out with a rather pleasant slow intro, and then drops the hammer with an awesome, high speed song with a funny story with a good moral lesson at the end: "I guess I'm the culprit for running out of gas - Let's say I'm the guy who forgot to pay his AAA fee." Yesterday was all my fault - I let negativity get the better of me." |
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