| Interesting letter to the Village Voice. He's changed his mind. Hat tip Orrin Judd. |
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| David Mamet: Why I Am No Longer a 'Brain-Dead Liberal' | |
| 2008-03-12 | |
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #12 Breaking it up into five pages doesn't help. Try clicking on the print button and reading that. Once he gets past his excess of commas in the beginning, the flow improves. It could have used a good editor. What about the role of government? Well, in the abstract, coming from my time and background, I thought it was a rather good thing, but tallying up the ledger in those things which affect me and in those things I observe, I am hard-pressed to see an instance where the intervention of the government led to much beyond sorrow. But if the government is not to intervene, how will we, mere human beings, work it all out? I wondered and read, and it occurred to me that I knew the answer, and here it is: We just seem to. How do I know? From experience. |
| Posted by: KBK 2008-03-12 22:14 |
| #11 While I appreciate the sentiments, I also am surprised by the poor quality of the prose. I would have expected better from Mamet, who has always had a great reputation as a writer, whatever his politics. |
| Posted by: Butch Hupereter6521 2008-03-12 16:15 |
| #10 I assume any faults in the logic or writing is because we are not the target audience. The left is. You need to make this kind of point in a way that won't make them scream bull$hit every third sentence and ignore the point. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-03-12 12:25 |
| #9 I starting reading this and it was so badly written I stopped. I'll take his word that he is no longer brain dead, but it hasn't made him clear-brained. |
| Posted by: mhw 2008-03-12 11:53 |
| #8 He's had his Colonel Nicholson moment? Colonel Nicholson: What have I done? - Bridge over the River Kwai |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-03-12 11:02 |
| #7 I'm glad Mamet is leaving adolescence and recovering from his disorder. Yeah. It only took him 60 years. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-03-12 10:00 |
| #6 I'm glad Mamet is leaving adolescence and recovering from his disorder. Most of these so-called liberals are self-aggrandizing, self-serving and narcissistic--they care little about anyone; ah but I am redundant in my praise. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-03-12 09:40 |
| #5 And at least he is hearing the other side and giving its points merit and thought. Unlike the left which tries to crush all dissent. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-03-12 07:47 |
| #4 Seems he still can't quite let go of some of the liberal "Givens". Give him time. A journey of a thousand miles starts with one step. |
| Posted by: Mike 2008-03-12 06:39 |
| #3 I found not only that I didn't trust the current government (that, to me, was no surprise), but that an impartial review revealed that the faults of this president—whom I, a good liberal, considered a monster—were little different from those of a president whom I revered. Bush got us into Iraq, JFK into Vietnam. Bush stole the election in Florida; Kennedy stole his in Chicago. Bush outed a CIA agent; Kennedy left hundreds of them to die in the surf at the Bay of Pigs. Bush lied about his military service; Kennedy accepted a Pulitzer Prize for a book written by Ted Sorenson. Bush was in bed with the Saudis, Kennedy with the Mafia. Oh. Seems he still can't quite let go of some of the liberal "Givens". |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-03-12 05:29 |
| #2 Yep. Hope it's catching, whatever he's got. |
| Posted by: ClemScheck 2008-03-12 02:34 |
| #1 Wow. Worth the read. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2008-03-12 02:05 |