Interesting & thanks.
--- Michael Robison <
miker_zspider@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Robert Elkin wrote:
>
> > I mean this in the best of spirits, of
course,
> > but--You Are Wrong, my friend, and your
political
> > comments appended are naive in the extreme.
If
> you
> > think the "right" is actually "pro-family"
any
> more
> > than is the "left," you are conflating the
empty
> > speech of politicians in the pay of big
business
> > with
> > those of real people such as yourself and
myself.
> > But
> > then again Hammett said it all a great deal
better
> > than I could ever hope to in Red Harvest, so
I'll
> > defer to that example (or do you scorn DH
for
> > "leftist" activity & disregard
him?)
>
> ******************
> And I accept it in the best of spirit, Robert.
I
> agree that the specific comments you refer to
are
> "naive in the extreme." They were meant as
a
> tongue-in-cheek response to Joy's post. You go
on
> to
> mention that my assessment of the
differences
> between
> the left and right is inaccurate. That might
be
> true
> also, but it doesn't really concern me. It
wasn't
> my
> intention to provide a concise analysis of
the
> different modes of American political thought,
but
> instead to describe a well-established
political
> stereotype which Vachss is playing to for all
he's
> worth. If it seems like an oversimplified
> caricature
> or parody, I can only shrug my shoulders and
point
> to
> the text.
>
> Your impression that I object to Vachss's
writing
> because of its political slant is mistaken. I
never
> said that I didn't like Vachss's writing because
it
> was leftist. In fact, I believe that I have
stated
> that I enjoyed his early works. My objection to
his
> work came later on when it became too
heavy-handed.
> I
> noted earlier that I believe that all fiction has
a
> sub-text. When the sub-text becomes too
strong,
> fiction has a tendency to degenerate into
vulgar
> propaganda. I might agree with Ayn Rand's
> objectivism, but that doesn't lead me to
praise
> Galt's
> tiresome monologue at the end of ATLAS
SHRUGGED.
>
> Concerning your comment about whether I scorn
a
> writer
> for his actions, I would respond that for the
most
> part I'm not interested in how they act.
I'm
> interested in how they write.
>
> miker
>
>
>
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