Rorty reviewed

Dhlazare at aol.com Dhlazare at aol.com
Mon Jun 1 13:04:06 PDT 1998


In a message dated 98-06-01 13:04:21 EDT, you write:

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>The harsh response to Rorty may have something to do with his

>penchant for gratuitous, con-baiting asides, such as the one in which he

>absurdly states that "we caused the death of a million Vietnamese out of

>sheer macho arrogance." In the course of the book, Rorty sets even

>liberal teeth on edge with such outlandish statements

But we did cause the death of a million Vietnamese out of sheer macho

arrogance...

Brad DeLong

>> A bit unfair to macho arrogance, don't you think? After all, didn't imperialism have something to do with it as well?

Dan Lazare



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