tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post7124600309812476588..comments2023-11-29T13:13:23.022+00:00Comments on newgate news: Ex LibrisMacheathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-51469898610671221502023-03-09T18:00:19.213+00:002023-03-09T18:00:19.213+00:00It is, I suppose, the natural concomitant of virtu...It is, I suppose, the natural concomitant of virtue signalling; if everything you do is aimed at externally demonstrating your beliefs, then you will assume what you observe in other people is what they believe.Macheathnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-28216041032077273002023-03-09T17:57:58.107+00:002023-03-09T17:57:58.107+00:00Part of the problem is that we are up against the ...Part of the problem is that we are up against the sort of mind - if you can call it that - which can’t see past a false syllogism: far-right extremists like Kipling, you like Kipling, ergo you are a far-right extremist.<br /><br />I hope you’ve got plenty of space; if you’re going to buy up every author who comes under threat, you’re going to need it.<br />Macheathnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-59791902231988823932023-03-09T10:42:59.747+00:002023-03-09T10:42:59.747+00:00On my shelves, you will find numerous bike and hot...On my shelves, you will find numerous bike and hot-rod books, a set of Kiplings works, books on ancient Egypt and other histories. You will also find a copy of Mien Kampf and the Malleus Mallificarum, because certain MPs and other Woke tossers were saying that such things should be banned. I am currently looking for copies of Roald Dahl and Dr Seuss. I refuse to have my thoughts dictated by cretins who have never read history, let alone learned from it.Robert the Bikernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-87176458154306857972023-03-09T10:11:59.048+00:002023-03-09T10:11:59.048+00:00Oh I don't doubt it. I sometimes doubt the abi...Oh I don't doubt it. I sometimes doubt the ability of some of these people to read anything, but don't doubt they are perfect examples of judging books by covers (Or authors, these days)Buckohttp://fuelinjectedmoose.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-41945557481598446262023-03-08T16:53:18.826+00:002023-03-08T16:53:18.826+00:00It occurs to me that, since I’m sure they would ne...It occurs to me that, since I’m sure they would never sully their lily-white hands with such books, those who would condemn them probably have no idea of their contents.<br /><br />It’s a bit like the campaigners who compared blacked-up Morris men to southern minstrels despite having no idea what minstrel make-up actually looked like, what with images having been thoroughly expunged from all available media.Macheathnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-70208581883266832372023-03-08T16:48:48.498+00:002023-03-08T16:48:48.498+00:00I suppose one should really distinguish between ‘G...I suppose one should really distinguish between ‘Guardian readers’ and people who may read the Guardian - I have to admit that among the latter is my mother, who dips in occasionally out of anthropological interest (while fervently hoping my father isn’t watching from the hereafter - he loathed the ‘Cotton-spinners’ Gazette’ with a passion’).Macheathnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-74510045963666859952023-03-08T16:33:28.446+00:002023-03-08T16:33:28.446+00:00My non-fiction shelf includes two biographies of M...My non-fiction shelf includes two biographies of Maggie Thatcher, two anti-nanny state books, one anti-EU and one anti-climate change book, three books about the truth of slavery in America and a story of the Lewis and Clarke journey accross America, which tells of what shits the native indians were.<br />I think I could horrify those Guardian readers tooBuckohttp://fuelinjectedmoose.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-54900183928244777692023-03-08T09:41:05.015+00:002023-03-08T09:41:05.015+00:00"no Guardian reader would ever speak to me ag... "no Guardian reader would ever speak to me again."<br />That's a win, then . . .<br />The Jannienoreply@blogger.com