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Philosopher: Potter is a lefty (Magic a resistance vs. triumphant middle class)
News 24 (South Africa) ^ | October 26, 2007

Posted on 10/26/2007 8:00:03 AM PDT by Stoat

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Not having read the books or seen the movies it's difficult to comment meaningfully, but if the Leftish tendencies of the Potter empire are less than overt, one is reminded of Freud's famous rejoinder "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar".
1 posted on 10/26/2007 8:00:05 AM PDT by Stoat
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To: Stoat

Well, Rowling did feel that need to out Dumbledore after the fact.


2 posted on 10/26/2007 8:02:11 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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“Reading it, one can see that JK Rowling - like many cultured English people - believes there was a real Thatcherite revolution, that it was a disaster, and that culture’s only chance is to survive as an occult science.”

I’m not saying this guy is a drug addict — I don’t know if he is or not. But that sure sounds like classic pot addled thinking.

3 posted on 10/26/2007 8:02:24 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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"Harry's uncle and aunt - Muggles par excellence - live like heroes of Margaret Thatcher's world, in a neat little estate where all the houses are identical," he said.

May I be the first to say that this guy is so blinded by Marxist ideology that he can't see the nose in front of his face?

Could anyone with a lick of sense think that Maggie Thatcher's world is a world of comfortable suburban conformists?

4 posted on 10/26/2007 8:03:50 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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Harry Potter is a left-winger and the seven books by JK Rowling are a diatribe against Thatcherite Britain, a French philosopher said on Friday on the day of the last novel's publication in French.

LOL! Well, not really. If anything, they're a diatribe against Chamberlain's Britain, and a validation of Winston Churchill.

5 posted on 10/26/2007 8:03:59 AM PDT by r9etb
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That’s what I was thinking.

She espouses the concept of personal responsibility and self defense, while some the less amiable characters refuse to espouse any notion of these.


6 posted on 10/26/2007 8:05:57 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

Of course the series isn’t named after Dumbledore, nor is his infatuation portrayed as anything other than tragic.


7 posted on 10/26/2007 8:06:02 AM PDT by js1138
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French Philosophy hasn't been the same since Jerry Lewis started setting the tone.

Actually, their decline precedes the nutty professor, but I don't think he helped.

8 posted on 10/26/2007 8:08:00 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The broken wall, the burning roof and tower. And Agamemnon dead.)
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Just spent the summer and early fall reading them all.

They are a great read. Seven years of character and plot development.

Besides, she creates this amazing world of wizardy that is Tolkien-esque.

WOrth the time.


9 posted on 10/26/2007 8:09:40 AM PDT by PurpleMan
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Actually, Dumbledore released a statement through his spokesman yesterday denying that he is gay. He’s threatening to sue Rowling.


10 posted on 10/26/2007 8:14:20 AM PDT by Jedi Jake (www.bingewars.com)
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Reading it, one can see that JK Rowling - like many cultured English people - believes there was a real Thatcherite revolution, that it was a disaster, and that culture’s only chance is to survive as an occult science.”

I’m not saying this guy is a drug addict — I don’t know if he is or not. But that sure sounds like classic pot addled thinking.

And also generic, unenlightened Leftist 'thinking' which is usually indistinguishable from pot-addled thinking.

From the article:

"Harry's uncle and aunt - Muggles par excellence - live like heroes of Margaret Thatcher's world, in a neat little estate where all the houses are identical," he said.

Only a committed Leftist who knows nothing of Conservatism would think that it's a Conservative ideal for all houses - and by extension, all people - to be the same.  In fact, it's Socialism that has always pushed rigid uniformity in all aspects of life and it's Conservatism and Capitalism that enthusiastically encourages innovation, imagination and risk-taking.

This guy has it all exactly backwards.

11 posted on 10/26/2007 8:21:33 AM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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tell that to Bill.


12 posted on 10/26/2007 8:25:47 AM PDT by tired1 (responsibility without authority is slavery!)
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Yeah but she also killed the gay guy. What does that say?

I found Potter to be more Libertarian. Order of the Phoenix is a tale of the battle against political correctness.


13 posted on 10/26/2007 8:26:03 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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Well said Stoat.


14 posted on 10/26/2007 8:27:01 AM PDT by agere_contra (Do not confuse the wealth of nations with the wealth of government - FDT)
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JK Rowling is a lefty. She once belonged to Amnesty International, she stuck out against Christians and President Bush after Katrina.


15 posted on 10/26/2007 8:34:05 AM PDT by dragonblustar (Once abolish the God, and the government becomes the God - G. K. Chesterton)
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She once belonged to Amnesty International, she stuck out against Christians and President Bush after Katrina.

I suppose you can document that?

16 posted on 10/26/2007 8:37:13 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (i'm so adjective i verb nouns...)
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Go google it or look at her blog for bio.

Read the LA Times when she called Christians on the right biggots.


17 posted on 10/26/2007 8:54:10 AM PDT by dragonblustar (Once abolish the God, and the government becomes the God - G. K. Chesterton)
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“Order of the Phoenix is a tale of the battle against political correctness.”

Absolutely.

Also, a strong case for an armed citizenry, though as an elite, “enlightened” Brit, I doubt that Rowling would admit she is arguing strongly on the side of us rube American NRA members.


18 posted on 10/26/2007 9:00:31 AM PDT by EyeGuy
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To: Jedi Jake

Actually, Dumbledore released a statement through his spokesman yesterday denying that he is gay. He’s threatening to sue Rowling.
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Breaking News!!!

Dumbledore arrested in Minneapolis airport soliciting sex from an undercover cop in the men’s room.


19 posted on 10/26/2007 9:01:50 AM PDT by dmz
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To: dragonblustar

I don’t really care about Amnesty International.

However, I do know that in many, many, many articles her comments about Christians, and supposedly about President Bush have been misquoted and misinterpreted.

I’m not saying you’re wrong. But I’m not doing your homework for you. If she said those things, you ought to be able to provide documentation.


20 posted on 10/26/2007 9:02:08 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (i'm so adjective i verb nouns...)
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