Why Can’t Camille Paglia Be More Like Florence King?
About the end of masculinity:
Simply put, she thinks it is disgraceful bunk.
Ms. Paglia can be compared, in some ways, to one who came before her, the worthiest of worthies, the great Florence King. Like her, she is intelligent and she can (to a lesser degree) write. Like Florence King, she is honest, no-nonsense and completely unapologetic about her opinions. Like Ms. King, Paglia is an author. Like King, Paglia is an impenitent lesbian. Unfortunately, comparisons end there.
Florence King was, literally, a pistol-packing Conservative. Her column appeared weekly in The National Review. She was logical to a fault. Unlike Ms. King, however, Ms. Paglia proceeds from A to B to C and so on, right down the alphabet, until she reaches, perhaps, P. But then her trolley jumps the tracks. Her conclusions don’t advance, logically, to x. Instead, they wind up at an unfathomable 3,529,457. How can anyone as intelligent as Ms. Paglia keep missing the broad side of the barn right in front of her? How can she have conservative insights yet still support the insupportable?
The answer lies within an old saying “Never discuss religion or politics” in polite company. Being a Democrat is a religion. And, unfortunately, Ms. Paglia is an acolyte.
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