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I wasn't aware there was a cult of Mary Beard: perhaps you have to be in Great Britain to be aware of it. The author certainly seems to be a paid-up member. I
by cafard 5y ago
I wasn't aware there was a cult of Mary Beard: perhaps you have to be in Great Britain to be aware of it. The author certainly seems to be a paid-up member.
I did recently read and enjoy SPQR.
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- the_biot 5y agoJust because The Guardian has an article saying so, doesn't make it true. It's a propaganda rag, not a newspaper. Getting your news from multiple sources is a good thing, but exclude the extremes from all sides.
- andybak 5y agoJudging the extremes rather depends on deciding where the center lies.
- somewhereoutth 5y agoThe Guardian would only appear extreme to those who's world views have fallen off the other side. A simple question helps get things back on keel: "Do you care about other people beyond those that directly benefit you?"
- toyg 5y ago> The Guardian would only appear extreme to those who's world views have fallen off the other side. Eeehh... I'm a long-time leftist and I used to think that, but over the last decade I've grown to be much more skeptical of the Graun. On issues of sexual identity in particular, it occasionally reads like some breathless pamphlet produced by university hotheads; and their treatment of Assange and Corbyn has been utterly shameful.
- thrower123 5y agoThe Guardian ought to be blacklisted here. The articles are terrible and predictably devolve into flamewars in the comments.
- calderapenguin 5y agoHer shows too easily slip into Historian's Fallacy. It pays the bills I guess, but there's always something untowards about TV intellectuals. It's like getting your science news from Neil deGrasse Tyson.