[lbo-talk] gore vidal is an old, cranky prick

[Carrol Cox]

Are you  arguing in this thread wwhether or not he is a good man &
should go to heaven, or are you arguing over whether some of his books
and essays are good (for somethng, including fun in reading them)? There
is a difference. Ad hominems are no better in literary criticism than
they are in political polemics.

Carol