From: theleasthappyfella@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, June 18, 2023 at 8:25:23 AM UTC-7, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:   
   > On Saturday, June 17, 2023 at 8:21:38 AM UTC-7, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > On Friday, June 16, 2023 at 8:33:12 AM UTC-7, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > On Thursday, June 15, 2023 at 8:23:49 AM UTC-7, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > On Thursday, June 15, 2023 at 8:20:23 AM UTC-7, Jeffrey Rubard   
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   > > > > > On Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 2:04:15 PM UTC-7, Jeffrey Rubard   
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   > > > > > > On Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 1:49:26 PM UTC-7, Jeffrey Rubard   
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   > > > > > > > On Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 12:46:00 PM UTC-7, Jeffrey   
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   > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, June 13, 2023 at 1:02:46 PM UTC-7, Jeffrey   
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   > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, June 13, 2023 at 8:38:23 AM UTC-7, Jeffrey   
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   > > > > > > > > > > On Monday, June 12, 2023 at 8:34:14 AM UTC-7, Jeffrey   
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   > > > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, June 11, 2023 at 8:34:10 AM UTC-7, Jeffrey   
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   > > > > > > > > > > > > On Saturday, June 10, 2023 at 8:26:51 AM UTC-7,   
   Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Friday, June 9, 2023 at 3:30:46 PM UTC-7,   
   Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Friday, June 9, 2023 at 11:48:46 AM UTC-7,   
   Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Friday, June 9, 2023 at 10:52:54 AM UTC-7,   
   Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 12:47:55 PM   
   UTC-7, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 12:05:39 PM   
   UTC-7, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at   
   11:19:03 PM UTC-7, Julio Di Egidio wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, 7 June 2023 at 20:48:07   
   UTC+2, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Well, see, Marx was a materialist   
   and..."    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You fucking spambot, lest anybody not   
   miss something    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > not totally false about philosophy and   
   Marxism in particular.    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ESAD, you and the whole nazi retarded   
   brigade.    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "On the other hand, it's really not true   
   that Marxists as a whole, unlike Jean-Luc Nancy,    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > were members of the nazi-retarded brigade.   
   (Look, he *really was*.)"    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "You would be unsure to say whether, for   
   example, Karl Kautsky was already 'nazi-retarded' or not."    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Althusser and his school would definitely   
   have disputed that they were 'nazi-retarded', but careful    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > consideration of the French culture and   
   society of their time shows that..."    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "What about Engels, though?"    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I think Hilary Putnam thought something of   
   Engels's philosophical work...    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "You're kidding."    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No, it's in some of his papers if memory serves.    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Was he nazi-retarded, then?"    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > No, he was highly intelligent about them.    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > "I think, being Jewish, he must have been   
   nazi-retarded."    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > Highly dubious. He probably never even 'rode the short   
   bus' at all.    
   > > > > > > > > > > > "What about Adorno and Horkheimer?"    
   > > > > > > > > > > > There is some question as to whether they even retarded   
   the Nazis themselves.    
   > > > > > > > > > > > "I don't like you."    
   > > > > > > > > > > > It's a common feeling.    
   > > > > > > > > > > Ironically: "Oh, I get it. I can just see Adorno 'getting   
   retarded', he's all loose and relaxed..."    
   > > > > > > > > > > More Ironically: "Gretel Adorno is a little bit of a   
   puzzle to me, actually."    
   > > > > > > > > > "WTF does Gretel Adorno have to do with anything?"    
   > > > > > > > > > She was Theodor Adorno's wife.    
   > > > > > > > > "She was?"    
   > > > > > > > > It's said to be so. Is there a reason to doubt the statement,   
   you think?    
   > > > > > > > "Perhaps not."    
   > > > > > > > Good, glad you can stand to "countenance" something.    
   > > > > > > "I get this. Hilary Putnam was Jewish?"    
   > > > > > > Yes, although you could easily not appreciate this, covered as it   
   was with a sort of 'patina'.    
   > > > > > > "Are you Jewish?"    
   > > > > > > No.    
   > > > > > "Engels, too?"    
   > > > > > Germans don't find this a confusing one, I don't think.    
   > > > > "What about Althusser, then?"    
   > > > > He was from Algeria. They called those people *pieds noirs*...    
   > > > "Well, Kautsky, as a good German..."    
   > > > See, there are 'limits to understanding', huh?    
   > > "Was Marx German?"    
   > > He was not Engels or Kautsky. (A "traditional" joke that leaves you rather   
   unimpressed, etc.)   
   > "What about Moses Hess?"    
   > Oh, a wise guy!    
   > "Nobody says that any more."    
   > Huh, I didn't know that.   
      
   "Was he a German, then?"   
   "You don't think of 'Hess' as a German name?"   
      
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