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Jonathan Rauch makes almost exactly this argument you are trying to dismiss out of hand, and as a writer who's been openly gay since 1991, I think he has probab
by AndrewBissell 13y ago
Jonathan Rauch makes almost exactly this argument you are trying to dismiss out of hand, and as a writer who's been openly gay since 1991, I think he has probably been the target of not a little intolerance.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Rauch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Rauch
- jonahx 13y agoFinding isolated in-group proponents of beliefs typically despised by that group is never hard (in fact, I'd argue that such proponents occur regularly but with low probability), so I don't find this argument compelling. Also, the fact remains that the argument imo, no matter who is making it, is an exercise in word play and sophistry.
- AndrewBissell 13y agoObviously you're free to disagree with arguments like Rauch's, but calling his writing "word play and sophistry" just shows that you haven't actually examined it.
- jonahx 13y agoYou said he "makes almost exactly this argument," referring to the one in my OP -- so my comments were in reference to that argument and not his work.