A low point

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Unless John C.Wright begins to push through his head the notion that he may be wrong and others may be right, I will be forced to stop reading his entries. He has gone so far, in his latest entry, as to patronize GK Chesterton, showing that he assumes that he knows more about Chesterton's time and its economics than Chesterton himself, who not only lived there, but was a journalist. That Wright is crassly wrong should be obvious even before we set out to actually address his arguments - any contemporary source would blast his contentions to smithereens - but it is the tone of know-it-all patronizing that really makes this article an outrage. "I beseech you in the bowel of Christ, think it possible that you may be mistaken."

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[kennybhoy.livejournal.com]

Some might consider quoting Cromwell "a low point"... :-)

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Considering that Cromwell was right and was trying (for once) to avoid a massacre, I think that particular sentence is nothing to be ashamed of. And even if it was, only secret policemen investigate the use of subversive language as evidence.

[kennybhoy.livejournal.com]

Tis' the Mick in me Maister B. :-)

Deborah Kerr's wonderful closing scene in Launder & Gilliat's "I See a Dark Strange" could be me! :-)

As for being a secret policeman... I have been, on more than one occasion, compared to Javert! :-)

[mindstalk.livejournal.com]

A John Wright essay without know-it-all patronizing would be like a Martian Princess story without the princess. :)

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Yes, but you DON'T DO IT to Chesterton, not if you want to retain some credibility. And another member of the same parish even went as far as to do it to Socrates - I can't point you to it because the exchange was deleted, not by me.