tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post1061193650410435058..comments2024-03-28T05:13:13.921-04:00Comments on Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: Hmm…Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-37336044186868313542016-10-14T12:43:20.946-04:002016-10-14T12:43:20.946-04:00Marilyn Robinson responds to this essay with a let...Marilyn Robinson responds to this essay with a letter to the editor:<br /><br /><a href="http://harpers.org/archive/2016/11/letters-851/" rel="nofollow">Acts of Faith</a><br /><br />And Alan Jacobs responds to hers and others' letters:<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.ayjay.org/uncategorized/answering-letters-to-harpers/" rel="nofollow">answering letters (to Harper’s)</a><br /><br />Dave Lullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01053227199985293516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-72111768983280025202016-09-04T15:35:56.141-04:002016-09-04T15:35:56.141-04:00I hadn't even heard of her. Thanks for the cor...I hadn't even heard of her. Thanks for the correction.Frank Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-44987964433513608642016-09-03T13:07:38.587-04:002016-09-03T13:07:38.587-04:00Couldn't agree more. FYI, he's actually re...Couldn't agree more. FYI, he's actually referring to Marine's niece Marion Maréchal-Le Pen.Francis Morronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532514088583081142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-2194997494467404632016-09-03T10:45:16.713-04:002016-09-03T10:45:16.713-04:00Hi Rus:
Well, I do not think protecting ourselves ...Hi Rus:<br />Well, I do not think protecting ourselves from Muslim terrorists is Islamophobia, since a phobia is an irrational fear, and there is nothing irrational about fearing people who go around beheading others. As for Nazis and Klan members, while they certainly exist, they are a distinct and tiny minority in a country of more than 300 million, and one of the Klansmen just endorsed Hillary Clinton (whatever that means). I do not think it is wise or true to categorize those whose politics one disagrees with as harboring views that are evil. Just as I disapprove of Hillary Clinton's calling Republicans "her enemies." Frank Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-33992043276985737582016-09-03T04:02:40.602-04:002016-09-03T04:02:40.602-04:00"[S}omeone who misplaces the importance of id..."[S}omeone who misplaces the importance of ideas, who tends to see things, not in terms of themselves, but in terms of the ideas about them."<br /><br />Frank, this is the most precise and devastating definition of "intellectual" I've ever seen--thanks for it.Jeffhttp://www.quidplura.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-86997180382404170122016-09-02T21:06:27.196-04:002016-09-02T21:06:27.196-04:00Protecting borders is nether right nor left. A hug...Protecting borders is nether right nor left. A huge problem that we have in the USA right now is that Nazis, Islamophobics, and Klan members consider themselves conservative right wing and aligned with Trump.Rus Bowdenhttps://www.facebook.com/rusbowdennoreply@blogger.com