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Not sure what you might mean by his 'political opposite'; he had no time for any institution - left or right - which took itself too seriously. Equally happy to
by jameshart 9y ago
Not sure what you might mean by his 'political opposite'; he had no time for any institution - left or right - which took itself too seriously. Equally happy to target folk-music-activists, The US Army, National Brotherhood Week, the Catholic church, censors, or pigeons. I mean, he certainly presented himself as liberal-minded, but also hugely dismissive of performative progressivism in a way that's, frankly, somewhat conservative. So I'm confused where you would place yourself that is 'opposite' that. What is the opposite of 'irreverent'?
- pmyteh 9y agoI read his politics somewhat differently, as instinctually an FDR-era liberal. No time for 1960s liberal posturing precisely because politics is serious. I mean, irreverent too. But not as a substitute for commitment to a cause.