[dayglored]

> It’s a shame so many FReepers feel they must live in an echo chamber where only conservative thoughts are expressed, what a rich opportunity they miss to gain insight to reinforce and fine-tune their own beliefs by ignoring people like Paglia who hold different views, but are intellectually honest and don’t simply spew ideological verbage.

While I agree with you, I'll say that echo chambers have their place and benefits, too. It's like everybody at dinner getting the same dessert -- there's no opportunity to share in something different from what one is eating. But at the same time, one won't be subjected to someone else eating something disgusting. And having spent a little time (very little, thank God!) reading comments on a few liberal political sites, I'm just as happy that they aren't welcomed here.

Paglia is a rare gem, a shining example of how somebody with a different point of view can be smart and witty and incisive, can disagree without being disagreeable, and everybody gets to learn something and come away enriched. It's just a shame that such erudition is so rare.

[kiryandil]

Paglia is a rare gem, a shining example of how somebody with a different point of view can be smart and witty and incisive, can disagree without being disagreeable, and everybody gets to learn something and come away enriched. It's just a shame that such erudition is so rare.

She's not intellectually lazy, unlike most on the Left, and some few on the Right.

Do I have the right of it, LongWayHome?