tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post3259343323485240661..comments2024-03-28T02:54:01.244-04:00Comments on Akratic Wizardry: 'Tea Party Hobbits'?Akrasiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08734103159691571156noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-34580800118411072972011-07-31T04:29:17.581-04:002011-07-31T04:29:17.581-04:00E.G. Palmer: "I cordially dislike allegory in...E.G. Palmer: "I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence." - J R R Tolkien<br /><br />So, no. <i>The Lord of the Rings</i> was not intended as allegory about WWI or anything else.faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-33783258003548601572011-07-29T23:37:48.901-04:002011-07-29T23:37:48.901-04:00Wow. They're almost as bad as politicians as ...Wow. They're almost as bad as politicians as they are Tolkienists...Theodric the Obscurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201793290118146978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-75514537352639133462011-07-29T22:09:10.714-04:002011-07-29T22:09:10.714-04:00"I also don't like to mix politics and ga..."<i>I also don't like to mix politics and game bloging, but this was just begging for it</i>."<br /><br />I'm not sure what you mean by "this was just begging for it" . I certainly have no sympathy for McCain. (I hope you weren't interpreting my post as somehow 'pro-McCain'!)<br /><br />But as I have absolutely no sympathy for <i>either</i> McCain or the Tea Party, I have no problem reporting, with amusement, their LotR-derived sniping.<br /><br />(McCain was quoting a Wall Street Journal Editorial, btw. I'd be amazed if he could've come up with that reference on his own.)Akrasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08734103159691571156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-83304662558407616092011-07-29T21:50:28.943-04:002011-07-29T21:50:28.943-04:00McCain is angered and confused by the actions of t...McCain is angered and confused by the actions of the non-career oriented people the tea party put in congress. They act on principle rather than pragmatism, and McCain hasn't known principle for a long time. <br />Tolkien fought in WWI and saw most of his childhood friends die in that useless war. The LOTRs is meant to be allegorical and though McCain meant the reference to be demeaning, it's quite accurate and it's been taken to heart by the tea party people. (I'm not a member, I'm closer to being a Libertarian Anarchist myself.) But the point is, the tea party people have a deep romantic streak and McCain is doing himself and the Government Party no favors by painting the tea party people as "hobbits" since that makes those opposing them automaticlly servants of the Dark Lord. <br /><br />I also don't like to mix politics and game bloging, but this was just begging for it.E.G.Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10229893317543621720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-29092831147279804772011-07-29T14:56:17.512-04:002011-07-29T14:56:17.512-04:00Hobbitses!Hobbitses!Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-16481342814093712762011-07-29T14:19:48.255-04:002011-07-29T14:19:48.255-04:00Divorced of the Tolkien context, "hobbits&quo...Divorced of the Tolkien context, "hobbits" is a funny word that feels like it would make a great insult. Anyway, I read about this on TPM and had a brief moment of respite from the depressing news.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17635116929490398699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-42089668790854983392011-07-29T13:13:04.730-04:002011-07-29T13:13:04.730-04:00That almost makes me like Paul better. Almost.That almost makes me like Paul better. Almost.Chris Kutalikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414743509426875792noreply@blogger.com