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Entry: The Rise of the Post-paleos (a second look) Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/the_rise_of_the_post_paleos_a_second_look#30735 Post contents: Very incisive analysis, unsurprising from Gottfried. William: "It’s not particularly offensive to me that the writers here often dip a toe in the fever swamps of name-calling, but it reveals some particularly loathsome habits of mind that cast a taint on their other ideas." Yes, I've felt the same way recently, especially at Raimondo's rant against West Virginians who refused to vote for Obama. I myself have fallen into the trap of seeking alliance with the Left. I once tried to get Peter Hitchens, who I know, an interview with a radical Marxist professor at my UK University, thinking that her opinions often seemed close to his, eg on the dangers of New Labour deligitimising opposition. She reacted as if I had asked her to eat dog poo. "The correct position for dealing with the dominant class is not the kind of ranting I have heard from the extreme Right against Jews, Masons, Skull and Bones, or whatever." Agreed - these people are often indistinguishable from the Islamists; indeed they quite often end up converting to Islam, a more acceptable venue for venting their hatreds. Sent at: 2008 12 01