Comments on: Andrew Sullivan’s Homophobia http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2006/06/02/andrew-sullivans-homophobia/ Conservative group weblog that publishes daily commentary on political events and topics affecting Canada, the United States and the world. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:41:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: George Freeman http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2006/06/02/andrew-sullivans-homophobia/comment-page-1/#comment-91202 George Freeman Mon, 05 Jun 2006 15:59:29 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2006/06/02/andrew-sullivans-homophobia/#comment-91202 Bloom predates the blogosphere. There is no reason to think Sullivan would not be a letter writer if he didn't have the internet, and all its trappings, to keep him distracted. ;-) I still think one can't help but notice Bloom, though a high intelligible thinker, as spiritually disoriented, lacking the humility necessary for loving philosophical clarity and showing it; a prickly fella fighting too many demons at once. Bloom predates the blogosphere. There is no reason to think Sullivan would not be a letter writer if he didn’t have the internet, and all its trappings, to keep him distracted. ;-)

I still think one can’t help but notice Bloom, though a high intelligible thinker, as spiritually disoriented, lacking the humility necessary for loving philosophical clarity and showing it; a prickly fella fighting too many demons at once.

]]> By: Tom http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2006/06/02/andrew-sullivans-homophobia/comment-page-1/#comment-91190 Tom Mon, 05 Jun 2006 15:15:27 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2006/06/02/andrew-sullivans-homophobia/#comment-91190 Comparing Bloom to Sullivan is unfair. Bloom was a man of letters, and no ideological brawler like Sullivan. Comparing Bloom to Sullivan is unfair. Bloom was a man of letters, and no ideological brawler like Sullivan.

]]> By: George Freeman http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2006/06/02/andrew-sullivans-homophobia/comment-page-1/#comment-90254 George Freeman Sat, 03 Jun 2006 04:19:16 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2006/06/02/andrew-sullivans-homophobia/#comment-90254 Sullivan is such a weirdo. There's something about him akin to Allan Bloom, and not political philosophy. Neither comes off as one would expect a philosopher to come off: comfortable in one's own skin. Their homosexuality seems more like a refusal to grow up than any genuine, soul enhancing erotic longing. They just seem like such insecure losers that try their darndest to bring as many down with them as they can; ultimately the perpetual victims of their own private pathologies justifying their feckless existence. Sullivan is such a weirdo. There’s something about him akin to Allan Bloom, and not political philosophy. Neither comes off as one would expect a philosopher to come off: comfortable in one’s own skin.

Their homosexuality seems more like a refusal to grow up than any genuine, soul enhancing erotic longing. They just seem like such insecure losers that try their darndest to bring as many down with them as they can; ultimately the perpetual victims of their own private pathologies justifying their feckless existence.

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