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Opinions/Editorials Title: Mark Ames: Why the American Right Never Liked V.S. Naipaul I’ve often wondered why the American Right has been so quiet about V.S. Naipaul. He’s easily the most talented reactionary writer in the English language–maybe the only living talent left in the right-wing zombiesphere. The American Right devotes an insane amount of resources into manufacturing hagiographies on anyone whom they believe makes them look good–even the Soviets couldn’t compete with today’s American Right when it comes to glorifying their pantheon of degenerate cretins like Ayn Rand, Phyllis Schlafly, Friedrich von Hayek… I found a few passages that I think explain why they never liked Naipaul much. Basically, it comes down to this: The American Right only needs “team players”–shameless, cynical hacks who can be counted on to churn out whatever rank propaganda ordered up by the Heritage Foundation. For that, you need a Rotary Club nihilist like Dinesh D’Souza, someone totally devoid of a literary ego, intellectual curiosity or a gag reflex. I was just reading Patrick French’s brilliant biography of Naipaul, The World Is What It Is, and came across this interesting scene from Naipaul’s visit to America in 1969. Naipaul had already started developing a reputation at that point as one of the rare examples of a dark-skinned reactionary Tory from a Third World colony, making him one of the most despised literary figures among the trendy-left. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 98. #1. To: Badeye, A K A Stone, hondo68, Fred Mertz, Godwinson, go65, war, no gnu taxes, Skip Intro, ferret mike, jwpegler, brian s, mcgowanjm, Capitalist Eric, Mininggold (#0) What’s left today, three decades after Reagan’s victory, is a ruling class of Rotary Club nihilists. Right-wing degenerates. And they’re not even interesting degenerates anymore, the way some Right-wingers used to be. They just scream a lot. Scream and bang a stick on the ground–and at the end of the stick-banging, they go to pick up their checks from their billionaire sponsors. Interesting piece.
#2. To: lucysmom (#1) boring. trite. tired.
#4. To: Badeye (#2) Perfect epitaph, Boof...
#8. To: war (#4)
#11. To: Badeye, Godwinson, buckeroo, Fred Mertz, Ferret Mike, go65, meguro, minningold, lucysmom, sneakypete (#8) (Edited) Perfect epitaph, ------. Fuck you And why I no longer CHOOSE to post here has been underscored - as I knew it would be. Boofer posts my name...I post his. My post gets edited. His does not. Fuck this place. Stone talking about "Free Speech" is just that...talk. Nice site this has devolved into, Stone. The longest thread is the detritus of LP moronically goading Bucky over what EVERYONE knows is Yukon's self-outing. FWIW, the downward spiral to full auger started when you let Tull come here and bully you.
#13. To: war (#11) Where did badeye use your name. I don't believe you. Your fist post back I see is fuck you __________. I almost wacked you again last night when I saw that.
#31. To: A K A Stone (#13) (Edited)
Wowee-Zowee … I know that just had to scare the bejesus outta him. That lick and a promise surely did a great bang-up job bring him back in line. You react like the kid saying “I hit you second.” ROTFL …
#45. To: Gatlin (#31) (Edited) Yea...it left me...reeling... [snicker]
#55. To: war (#45) Yea...it left me...reeling... LOL! Firing blanks in frightening only until it is realized they are blanks. You didn't even blink ... you iron nerved one!
#56. To: Gatlin, We The People (#55) Speaking of "frightening" ... I saw how you LP Kloughns attempted to pick on WTP on LP. Another epic failure. Oh and EVEN MORE EPIC FAILURES.... your abuse of "Beyond the Sea" as though because he has remained quiet about your butt-boy, "yukon" that you surmise he is somehow "GUILTY" ... too much fun watching WTP wrap you boys around "yukon" exit holes.
#58. To: buckeroo (#56) Speaking of "frightening" ... I saw how you LP Kloughns attempted to pick on WTP on LP. weeps and beyond the sea spanked the yukons like rented mules,
#60. To: calcon (#58) weeps and beyond the sea spanked the yukons like rented mules, I saw that too, LOL. The Yukons are driving elPee into a crater.
#66. To: Fred Mertz (#60) I saw that too, LOL. The Yukons are driving elPee into a crater. no kidding the site's in a free fall where every other post being about the yuklown conspiracy theory
#69. To: calcon (#66) Tater just pinged Goldi on his elPee Biker Bar thread about you. That fat slob is such a pussy.
#71. To: Fred Mertz, buckeroo (#69) this should really get tater to go berserk
#17. To: Gatlin (#13) damn tater, you already calling for mommy to protect you you'd think someone of your advanced years would be man enough to defend himself and not hide behind a woman's skirt calcon posted on 2011-07-26 16:02:42 ET Reply Trace Edit
#76. To: calcon, mininggold (#71) Let's see if mininggold's Biker Bar thread lasts. www.libertypost.org/cgi-b....cgi?ArtNum=310988&Disp=0 Darn it, I should be out mowing.
#78. To: Fred Mertz (#76) Darn it, I should be out mowing. I need to go out and pick figs. I hate picking them because I'm allergic to the sap, but I got an order from one of the restaurants in town.
#81. To: mininggold, fred mertz (#78) ming your thread got deleted already,
#82. To: calcon (#81) So did the tater one in the BB. I saw Goldi posting but I didn't realize she'd react this way. You should check your posting status on elPee. I wouldn't be at all surprised if she gave you a silent ban, like she did to me in the first days of this month.
#84. To: Fred Mertz, gatlin, deleted (#82) Yep, everything's all cleaned up. Tater must hold the lead in threads deleted at eLPee.
#97. To: ALL (#84) (Edited) Tater must hold the lead in threads deleted at eLPee. I really "must hold the lead in threads deleted at LP" ... Uh - TWO - lol. Yep, "everything's all cleaned up." The planned goal was accomplished and the programmed expectation exceeded. Everyone is happy at LP: LP is now operating normally and everyone is pleased as punch. Thanks ALL, for your complete cooperation and dedicated assistance. Enjoy ...
#98. To: Gatlin (#97) (Edited) Thanks ALL, for your complete cooperation and dedicated assistance. Well ..... there is just one little, itsy bitsy teenie-weenie hiccup in your giddy-y-up. Sundays still persist into the future.
Replies to Comment # 98. Sundays still persist into the future. Not yours.
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