Achtung Bubba
Refugee
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The highlights inlcude these great observations:
"What happened on Sept. 11 was horrific, but this patriotic fever can go too far."
"America has an almost obscene infatuation with itself. Has there ever been a big powerful country that is as patriotic as America?"
"You'd really think we were some poor little republic, and that if one person lost his religion for one hour, the whole thing would crumble. America is the real religion in this country."
"The right wing benefited so much from Sept. 11 that, if I were still a conspiratorialist, I would believe they'd done it."
As far as I can tell, Mailor is now living in England (so close to France, and yet so far).
Frankly, I'm glad he showed himself the door.
The highlights inlcude these great observations:
"What happened on Sept. 11 was horrific, but this patriotic fever can go too far."
"America has an almost obscene infatuation with itself. Has there ever been a big powerful country that is as patriotic as America?"
"You'd really think we were some poor little republic, and that if one person lost his religion for one hour, the whole thing would crumble. America is the real religion in this country."
"The right wing benefited so much from Sept. 11 that, if I were still a conspiratorialist, I would believe they'd done it."
As far as I can tell, Mailor is now living in England (so close to France, and yet so far).
Frankly, I'm glad he showed himself the door.