tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post616722095630359284..comments2024-03-14T11:50:14.761-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: Mamet's Conservative TurnDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-34444753662430635882011-06-30T13:48:13.877-04:002011-06-30T13:48:13.877-04:00From the Economist:
"For all Mr Mamet’s skil...From the Economist:<br /><br />"For all Mr Mamet’s skill with words, this is a tedious and simplistic rant (government bad; unhampered individuals good, and so on). Economics and politics are reduced to caricatures, with no room for nuance (“the Israelis would like to live in peace within their borders; the Arabs would like to kill them all”). Social policy is reduced to banalities (affirmative action is against the Constitution; “the Liberal Arts University has had it”). And, of course, global warming is a myth."<br /><br />And further:<br /><br />"“Liberalism”, he writes, “is a religion. Its tenets cannot be proved, its capacity for waste and destruction demonstrated. But it affords a feeling of spiritual rectitude at little or no cost.” Maybe so, but as an apostate from liberalism Mr Mamet has simply embraced a new religion—with all the excessive zeal of the recent convert."<br /><br />http://www.economist.com/node/18833539<br /><br />JoelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-69039860364109919702011-06-29T14:07:52.798-04:002011-06-29T14:07:52.798-04:00+JMJ+
Piggybacking on what Paul Zummo has observ...+JMJ+ <br /><br />Piggybacking on what Paul Zummo has observed, I wonder how many conversion stories--political, religious, moral, etc.--are aimed at the undecided.Enbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-49311165287321945092011-06-29T07:38:17.999-04:002011-06-29T07:38:17.999-04:00The Economist, which is hardly a liberal rag,
Th...<i>The Economist, which is hardly a liberal rag, </i><br /><br />That may have been true about 7 years ago. That said, I would agree that this isn't a book aimed at the undecided. But so what?Paul Zummohttp://crankycon.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-79669139402515532712011-06-28T17:53:34.416-04:002011-06-28T17:53:34.416-04:00The current issue of The Economist, which is hardl...The current issue of The Economist, which is hardly a liberal rag, says that Mamet's book is shallow and strident and won't convince anyone who doesn't already agree with him.<br /><br />JoelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-13126589293153129062011-06-28T11:14:19.077-04:002011-06-28T11:14:19.077-04:00I just finished reading it and enjoyed it. He has...I just finished reading it and enjoyed it. He has some very keen insights that go beyond the surface level stuff that is typical of much political punditry. My main critique is that it is a bit disjointed. It almost reads like a stream of conscience of his political musings. And yes, he can be guilty of talking in generalities from time to time. But a good effort, overall.Paul Zummohttp://crankycon.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com