>> Oh, not _entirely_, just _partially_, although this is
>> a notion I specifically repudiated? What, do you think
>> that if I am patriotic above jazz as an American art
>> form that I must think that it is better than, oh, I
>> don't know, klezmer music? Indian ragas? Ska? Sheesh,
>> Kells, you can do better than that. jks
>
> and you can read better than that, right?
>
> i certainly don't think you believe that US culture is superior, but I do
> think you believe that liberal enlightenment ideals are superior to, say,
> feudalistic ideals. that's the only reason I put in the qualifier.
I can't make head or tail out of the above exchange. Is someone "patriotic above jazz?" Where do "feudalistic ideals" fit in with preferring klezmer music over Indian ragas? Or was the above written by Netbots, or people who've had stroke-induced aphasias?