tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660027112573057110.post1331869243274336201..comments2024-01-17T00:50:59.507-08:00Comments on The Encyclopedia Of Decency: You Don't Have To Be a Muslim To Be Furiously Denounced, But It HelpsMalky Muscularhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12239599055237749201noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660027112573057110.post-35401873618598006262009-11-21T04:48:18.604-08:002009-11-21T04:48:18.604-08:00Surely an elitist would never swill anything?Surely an elitist would never <i>swill</i> anything?ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660027112573057110.post-4142701595530144852009-11-18T18:31:51.000-08:002009-11-18T18:31:51.000-08:00Reading HP is a bit like reading the New Musical E...Reading HP is a bit like reading the New Musical Express in the 1990s. Lots of well educated middle class people accusing other well educated middle class people of being well educated and middle class. In HP's case it's presumably to draw a contrast with horny handed sons of toil who are just mad for promiscuous wars of aggression, despite all opinion polling evidence to the contrary.<br /><br />"It's all gun-nuts from the States and rabid ex-pats."<br /><br />Indeed, it's essentially these people who are keeping the Decent blogosphere going, now that they have lost all influence in the respective Defence and Foreign offices of the US and UK.Simon Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660027112573057110.post-67245049581278820902009-11-17T15:26:39.280-08:002009-11-17T15:26:39.280-08:00Yes, but Mr T eats in Nando's, thus proving he...Yes, but Mr T eats in Nando's, thus proving he can't be an elitist. And HP's resident intellectual Morality Blog has convincingly demonstrated that all critics of Decency are public school poshos. He has us nailed, as I was just saying to Seumas Milne over cocktails at White's.<br /><br />Ms Penny, on the other hand, has made the outrageous suggestion that HP's comments box is full of racist wingnuts. If that doesn't mark her out as a latte-swilling elitist, I don't know what does.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660027112573057110.post-55459169470549465652009-11-17T10:59:31.967-08:002009-11-17T10:59:31.967-08:00I met David T from Harry's Place once. He'...I met David T from Harry's Place once. He's, just like Laurie Penny, Oxford-educated and A Bit Posh. If Marcus from HP wants to condemn intellectuals for being Oxford-educated posh kids, then he ought to look to some at his colleagues.<br /><br />Anyway, it's this sort of slightly childish pissing contest that caused me stop reading HP somewhere around 2006. Along the way they've occasionally made some valid points about the state of the left, but all too often it's just functioned as a collective circle-jerk for Blairite hacks who don't want to admit they got it catastrophically wrong on Iraq.Spiritof1976http://spiritof1976.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660027112573057110.post-37301585609316152009-11-15T14:10:12.469-08:002009-11-15T14:10:12.469-08:00What I don't understand is that the people who...What I don't understand is that the people who post there seems so oblivious to the fact that almost everyone who comments on HP's posts are very right-wing. It's all gun-nuts from the States and rabid ex-pats. <br /><br />And then that post about pirates ... just bizarre.Morgoth's mumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660027112573057110.post-61436651853408117282009-11-15T06:22:06.024-08:002009-11-15T06:22:06.024-08:00Note also Laurie's belief that the Euston Mani...Note also Laurie's belief that the Euston Manifesto itself was pro-Iraq war, now deleted. How ridiculous. <br /><br />The Euston Manifesto is quite clear that horrible regimes should be militarily invaded; that Iraq was precisely the kind of state that required military invasion, and that nobody involved in the execution of that invasion should be investigated for their conduct.<br /><br />Add to this the fact that all of the Manifesto's drafters have argued against withdrawing troops from Iraq, and you can see how foolish the idea that it is some kind of "pro-war" document truly is. <br /><br />Honestly, some people.Malky Muscularhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12239599055237749201noreply@blogger.com