--- Dwayne Monroe <idoru345 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> And I note that every time Roy's name comes up
> there's
> an awful lot of heavy breathing about the weakness
> of
> her political ideas, the questionable quality of her
> fiction, the regrettable fact she's popular in the
> West and her general badness.
>
>
> Every time.
>
>
> Search the archives for "Arundhati Roy"; the results
> are illuminating.
>
>
>
> It's very strange and off-putting, regardless of
> what
> you think about Roy as an artist and activist.
>
> Rarely does anyone write something along the lines
> of
> "I disagree with Roy on the following points..." and
> calmly proceed to make their counter case without
> venom. There's always a tremendous amount of anger,
> as if she's a villain responsible for mass death and
> chaos.
>
>
There is?
My recollection is that things go something like this:
1. Roy gets mentioned. 2. Sujeet says something dismissive of her. 3. I generally say I agree with Sujeet. 3a. I link to John Dolan. (Must restrain self; must contain the urge. :) ) 4. Everybody freaks out.
I don't hate the woman; I just don't like her. Why do people care?
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