I said it up thread, but it was kinda buried, so I'll say it again:
In fact, it took me quite awhile to get it in my head that James was not an American.
There are too many leftists/socialists/communists/etc here in the USA, and too many rightist/small-r-republican/libertarians/etc elsewhere, for that generalization to be useful.
I see from the comments here that you are ricketyclick, but I am still not sure why James is so lefty that that is as important to your blog post as the 'sf critic' part, but you are offended by my guess.
"Plenty of people think that way." I don't, though, and to my amazement, this thread is about...me.
"I am still not sure why James is so lefty that that is as important to your blog post as the 'sf critic' part" Because I wanted to acknowledge that someone with whom I tend to disagree politically pointed to something I really liked. That despite the left/right labeling, which makes me as uneasy as it makes James, there is still common ground.
"you are offended by my guess" Not at all. I just wanted to clear up the misunderstanding.
By the way, the reason I did not link to the article myself is that James didn't. I was just following his lead on his home ground.
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In fact, it took me quite awhile to get it in my head that James was not an American.
There are too many leftists/socialists/communists/etc here in the USA, and too many rightist/small-r-republican/libertarians/etc elsewhere, for that generalization to be useful.
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I see from the comments here that you are ricketyclick, but I am still not sure why James is so lefty that that is as important to your blog post as the 'sf critic' part, but you are offended by my guess.
Which is fine and probably just as well.
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I don't, though, and to my amazement, this thread is about...me.
"I am still not sure why James is so lefty that that is as important to your blog post as the 'sf critic' part"
Because I wanted to acknowledge that someone with whom I tend to disagree politically pointed to something I really liked. That despite the left/right labeling, which makes me as uneasy as it makes James, there is still common ground.
"you are offended by my guess"
Not at all. I just wanted to clear up the misunderstanding.
By the way, the reason I did not link to the article myself is that James didn't. I was just following his lead on his home ground.