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Re:The NYT Book Review Is Everything Book Criticism Shouldn'... by Akronymus on Thursday July 11, 2024 @08:00AM (#40935719)
> You read a book YA about young heroine rebelling.

> Why isn't she instead studying for her exams or volunteering for charity work?

Because that isn't the story the author came up with?

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Re:The NYT Book Review Is Everything Book Criticism Shouldn'... by dsr_ on Thursday July 11, 2024 @10:12AM (#40937039)
... and that is because...

Everything involving a substantial agreement or disagreement between persons is politics, that's what it means. Claiming that something 'should not be political' is almost always an assertion that your position is unassailably correct.

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Re:The NYT Book Review Is Everything Book Criticism Shouldn'... by AlbertCory on Thursday July 11, 2024 @11:22AM (#40937696)
> almost always an assertion that your position is unassailably correct.

No, it it's an assertion that there's a whole world beyond your conception of "politics" and your position is impoverishing of the human experience.

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