tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post8185801014936763044..comments2024-02-29T02:16:45.679-08:00Comments on Gladly Lerne, Gladly Teche: Egghead LinguisticsJohn V. Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17136533410768061217noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post-36584065930430772102015-01-25T13:12:25.347-08:002015-01-25T13:12:25.347-08:00Dear Professor,
Your opening line was eye opening ...Dear Professor,<br />Your opening line was eye opening ;) (hope you don't mind the use of emojis; cuneiform reborn/unaborted, idk) Druvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16185935170791402438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post-82173601209606145752015-01-21T12:48:19.747-08:002015-01-21T12:48:19.747-08:00Thank you, Professor, for a lovely post.
I am par...Thank you, Professor, for a lovely post.<br /><br />I am particularly grateful for this penetrating observation:<br /><br />"Those who approved the essay tended to do so in terms of its specific ideas and the quality of its argumentation. Those who disapproved rarely even mentioned its ideas, declaring instead its a priori illegitimacy on the basis of the identity of its author. Some of the “antis” accused her of bad faith for not clearly displaying in the essay the “fascist”, “xenophobic”, and “far right” pathologies said to define her and her political party."<br /><br />Although it means, to some extent, engaging in the same sort of ad hominem argument used by the anti-Le Pen commenters, I would add that your comment illustrates very well the emptiness of their pretensions.<br /><br />Another example that the word "fascist" means nothing specific to these "anti-fascists," it has become a term of abuse rather than a descriptor.<br /><br />May I add that the Times was very good to provide a link to the next French President's original text, as well.<br /><br />Punditarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04979719360227114238noreply@blogger.com