Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Sandwichman Denies Fraternizing with the Ghost of Joe McCarthy

premise 1: X criticizes Y
premise 2: Z criticizes Y
conclusion: X is "in league with" Z
Let's be more specific:

Sandwichman likes Harold Rosenberg's critique of party Marxism.
Joe McCarthy was also a critic of Marxism.
Therefore Sandwichman is "in league with" McCarthyism.

By the same token, of course, anyone who objected to Sandwichman's tacit alliance with McCarthy could be accused of being "in league with" that other Joe.

It's all so complex.


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4 comments:

  1. john c. halaszMay 12, 2015 at 9:39 PM

    Correct, as far as it goes. But how does it work out in non-Euclidian geometry?

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  2. SandwichmanMay 12, 2015 at 11:05 PM

    Oh, you klid!

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  3. rosserjb@jmu.eduMay 13, 2015 at 12:57 AM

    Looks guilty of Mobius Trotskyism to me, :-).

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  4. SandwichmanMay 13, 2015 at 10:50 AM

    Trotsky! Slowly I turned... step by step... inch by inch...

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