Re: Juxtaposition

Emily Friedman (bananafish_9@yahoo.com)
Wed, 21 Oct 1998 08:31:28 -0700 (PDT)

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> 
> I can't imagine that anyone will actually refrain from liking or
> discussing Ayn Rand's work because of my post.  Anybody who is
earnestly
> compelled not to read or advocate Rand on account of someone else's
> opinions probably wouldn't like her stuff much, anyway.
> 
> 
> The initial reply to my comments (the most prominent feature of which,
> I'll suggest, was not anti-Rand sentiment but the distinctly Harold
> Ober-ian overtones of "we are the literary representatives" followed
by
> various proscriptions about matters literary) lamented my
"hate[red]" of
> _The Fountainhead_ and wondered who had authorized me to dictate what
> people should and shouldn't read.  After careful scrutiny of the
entire
> colloquy thus far, I am unable to discover any instance in which I
> specifically forbid other members of this list to like Ayn Rand or
_The
> Fountainhead_ (though I admit I have strongly, if obliquely, suggested
> that people in general shouldn't read her books).   
> 
> I am also uncertain what rhetorical purpose is served by juxtaposing
this:
> 
> > Sorry Matt I'll know next time not to take your posts so seriously.
-Liz Friedman
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