[lbo-talk] Slavoj's nuptials

[jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net]

> Doug Henwood:
> 
> > and while few people are Slavoj's intellectual peer
> 
> Doug, surely you jest. He can be amusing if you don't take him seriously,
> but not much else.
> 
> My opinion of him is not strong one way or the other, but I will say that my
> significant other -- of whom Zizek is a former countryman -- dislikes him
> intensely, particularly after having read some insufferable bullshit from
> him where he said that affirmative action was an insult to its
> beneficiaries, or something stupid like that. Seeing as Zizek -- as a
> Slovene -- benefited immensely from the protections afforded national
> minorities in the former Yugoslavia, his uninformed pontificating (indeed,
> Dinesh D'Souza-style cliche) on the subject is difficult to take.
> 
> As for those of you who express "disappointment" -- come on now. This is
> exactly the kind of thing you'd expect from him.
> 
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> John Lacny
> http://www.johnlacny.com

You can dislike and strongly disagree him while still acknowledging he is an incredibly 
intelligent and gifted person. I think he's full of shit quite often but I wouldn't want to get into a 
verbal argument with the man.
It makes me think back to a dinner conversation I had with Ron Walsworth, Chris Smallwood 
and Tina Pavlin. They are intelligent beyond what most people can imagine and dead wrong 
about a great many things.
How many intellectuals supported the Vitnam war when millions of "common" people knew it 
was wrong?
I'm certainly not disappointed concerning his marriage. I never had any expectation from him in 
that area so I couldn't be disappointed. If they're both happy being together fuck what anyone 
else thinks.

John Thornton