tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184575347466163757.post5196835291122078849..comments2023-07-03T08:51:01.209-05:00Comments on What Powderfinger Said . . . Observations on Life in the Dying Empire: Moron CultureAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00111660094586126379noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184575347466163757.post-39527012976279331082009-11-19T08:01:58.394-06:002009-11-19T08:01:58.394-06:00True, Kuntsler's prose is oft unduly provocati...True, Kuntsler's prose is oft unduly provocative, perhaps bent out of shape, but to be honest, I prefer this kind of writing to the dull monotone we so often encounter with the pundits we habitually read. Not that these pundits are wrong, or even wrong to take the tone they do, but I like spice. I've always admired the prose of so-called gonzo journalists like Tom Wolfe, Matt Taibbi, Hunter Thompson. Kuntsler's cut out of the same cloth.<br /><br />My point about the South is, as should come as no surprise, from a historical point of view, as well as personal observation. Black people in the South are poor, but there are lots and lots of white people who share the same condition. And, things ain't getting better for either.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111660094586126379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184575347466163757.post-53802383234160256012009-11-19T04:46:17.596-06:002009-11-19T04:46:17.596-06:00I'm sorry I wrote that; it bothered me all day...I'm sorry I wrote that; it bothered me all day. <br /><br />However, I have read a lot of Mr. Kunstler, and he has often raised my eyebrows; not when he slams our idiocy, but the manner in which he chooses to do it.<br />His piece immediately gave me an impression of a Earl Butz' most famous utterance.<br /><br />And he gives the unfortunate impression as his prose gets more and more worked up, that he begins to resemble Jack Nicholson's character in A Few Good Men - blustering out a bit more than intended.<br /><br />I find your points on the South very interesting. I'm not sure in which direction this newly whetted interest will lead, however.Montaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017648070522030951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184575347466163757.post-22524399059846437362009-11-18T12:48:42.762-06:002009-11-18T12:48:42.762-06:00Well, now that you point it out, I see what you me...Well, now that you point it out, I see what you mean. And shame on him for conveying that impression. It passed me by the first time, I think, because I'm all to familiar with the pervasive poverty in the South that had no racial bias. The general point is well taken, though. Americans are adrift in a dreamworld.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111660094586126379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3184575347466163757.post-65968410572838696642009-11-18T04:09:58.436-06:002009-11-18T04:09:58.436-06:00I have read Mr. Kunstler often.
This seems not ov...I have read Mr. Kunstler often.<br /><br />This seems not overly harsh to me, BUT it does seem to use too many stereotypes of African Americans to make its various points.Montaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017648070522030951noreply@blogger.com