TheGreatGatsby
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- Mar 27, 2012
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LMAO Oh, he would? You're going to put words in his mouth now? Overall, you are not familiar, obviously, with the bulk of his work and have misread Gatsby. I'm done here. This is too tiresome.If you read and understood any of his work, you would realize he was a liberal. You don't have to be terribly political, or political at all, to be a liberal. He lived his life as a liberal. His books and stories (apparently you've only read one of his books--and not understood it) reflect a completely different viewpoint than that of conservatives. You have very deeply misunderstood the novel The Great Gatsby, and you have either also not understood his other work or have not read it.
Nice blanket counter. Yea, I think you pretend that FSF is ever so liberal to suit your conventions.If FSF were here, he'd say to you that you are "intensely dogmatic" and note that you have created a "mystical religion" for yourself. And he would reject your mundane labels. He rises above such sad nomenclature.
Let's review. You made a haphazard claim that FSF was absolutely liberal and gave no supporting evidence. I spent 30 minutes or so digging into the claim and finding plenty of evidence that your assertion was an over-simplification at best and frankly not at all on the money. Rather, I made a very strong case that FSF was an apolitical plutocrat; and I noted views that he held which are quite conservative even. Yet, I was fair and noted both the competing conservative and liberal principles that he had espoused. So, I do all that; and what do you do? First off, you couldn't even be bothered to quote the post or even read it seemingly. And you come back with a mindless nu uh response and this malarky that TGG is supposed to be some grand liberal fantasy book. You are precisely the type of person that FSF warned his daughter about engaging in argumentation.