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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
You were talking about objectivity, so I responded about objectivity. If you are going to change subjects and talk about elitism, go nuts.
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Your argument is an attack on objectivity. Essentially, you are saying that we must "make choices" about what is allowed to be stated on the OpEd pages.
But who makes those choices? Ah, yes -- someone whose views and sensibilities mirror yours.
This is an argument for laddering the quality of views. Hence, I leapt to Henry. (Sorry about expecting you to be a bit faster, but whatevs.) If we must ladder views, his book struck me as a great analysis of whose views are more worthy than others'.
Henry's "choices," were he allowed to rank what was worthy and what was not, would eliminate a lot of the pieces you favor, and a lot of the views you hold. (He'd be very much with you on trade and laissez faire economics.) He'd eliminate almost all of the right wing voices save Never-Trumpers.
