[MD] The Trouble With Wilber

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting ARLO J BENSINGER JR <ajb102 at psu.edu>:

> [Platt]
> Typical. Talk-show rhetoric is deceptive and distortive, and Limbaugh is vile. 
> 
> [Arlo]
> Yes, it is. And yes, he is.

Ah, the mighty sage Arlo has spoken and all bow down before his unsupported 
pronouncements.

> [Arlo had said]
> It was "capitalists" who branded Pirsig a "radical professor"? At any rate,
> yes, the perennial nonsense that brands "radical professors" I do find, as
> Pirsig did, "just right-wing politics".
> 
> [Platt]
> Typical. What capitalists say is "nonsense." (Talk about "all or nothing.")
> 
> [Arlo]
> Did I say that? I don't think so. In fact, I wonder how on earth you went from
> my condemning those who branded Pirsig a "radical professor" to "what
> capitalists say is nonsense"? But that's just another in the great legacy of
> examples that prove the deceptive, distortive nature of your talk-show rhetoric.

Quote from Arlo: "They labeled Pirsig a "radical professor" fifty years
ago, and still use that tired phrase with each new round of nonsense." 

Yeah sure, I really distorted your statement.

> [Platt]
> I gave examples of dumbing down in previous posts that don't cater to anybody
> -- just the facts.
> 
> [Arlo]
> Really? And what were those that were not "the fault of liberals" or "the fault
> of foreigners"?

Facts are facts. If you feel guilty, so be it. 

> [Arlo had said]
> Whites as the minority?!?! Oh my god! Run for the hills! We are doomed!
> 
> [Platt]
> Which is good reason why you should study the Western canon.
> 
> [Arlo]
> Unlike your xenophobic, racist cronies, I don't care one whit that "whites" may
> soon be the "minority". Why do you care?
> 
> As for what "canon" I study, I study the human canon, Platt. Sorry if that
> offends you.
> 
> Say what you will. I am done. It was bad zen on my part, and I have no interest
> in being caller number twelve.

Typical. Those who disagree with libs like Arlo are called "xenophibic" and
"racist." Arguing by insults must be genetic in leftists. 



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