The deep philosophy of Jay D. Paul

I gather from Jay D. Paul's distinctively reactionary
   letter in today's Projo ( June 26 ) that he is a very
   immature ," intellectual "  RIC grad student infatuated
   with a silly ,obnoxious, undemocratic, and yes, UNAMERICAN
   Social- Darwinist ideology.
      The state must reward the rich and punish the poor.
   The " uncreative masses " should " bear the brunt of
   the costs of capitalist progress.After all that is what
   the masses are for ! "
       Did not communist totalitarians also think that the
   contemptible masses should at least serve Historical
   Progress ?
       I doubt if even Bill Gates has such a grandiose
   and perniciious view of his remarkable success. I'll
   bet in his heart of heart he sees himself as the nerdy
   boy next door who made good.
     A mere master of the world market hardly qualifies
   as supreme being and natural Aristocrat!
      And RIC is last place to indulge aristocratic
   fantasies.

       Our capitalist society has produced remarkably
   generous families -like the Kennedys - who have
   devoted themselves to democratic ideals, and who
   understand the meaning of words like COMPASSION and
   JUSTICE.
        The Social -Darwinist philosophy will get
   nowhere in this country. I doubt if the intellectual
   punk Jay D. Paul will be thinking this way ten years
   from now.
        Life has way of taking the haughtiness out of
   most of us. But there remain the incorrigible cranks.

     A bad toothache will cure the average Social-Darwinist!


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response from R. Marshall:
Ron--I had to write to tell you how impressed I am by your response to
Jay D. Paul's silly Limbaugh rhetoric which he chose to engage in the
opinion pages of the ProJo. Social Darwinism is a creed which Gingrich
failed miserably to sell to the public. A bad Machiavellian, he proved
to be no Prince!
In any event, the Republican Right will eventually drown in it's own
dogmatic swamps. To put it on a daily human level--nobody likes a
stinker! Gore Vidal long ago summed up the three-fold agenda of the
Right

1) Make more money
2) lower our taxes
3) punish the poor

Somethings never change. Undoubtedly our young
reactionary, Jay D. Paul will grow not wiser, but more crankish with
age!

- - - - - response from D. Brussat:

From: "David Brussat" <dbrussat@projo.com>
To: Ron Ruggieri <ronald.ruggieri@excite.com>
Subject: Re: Fwd: The deep philosophy of Jay D. Paul
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 13:41:39 -0400
Message-ID: <3777B3D3.9A78A639@projo.com>

Ron - Don't you think there was a lot of tongue in Mr. Paul's
cheek, not evident until the last graf of his letter when he begins to
speak of cutting off the welfare folk so that the rich producers can be
more fecund? Or something like that. It seemed obvious to me, but maybe
I am wrong and he really is that Spenglerian. Frankly, although I would
not take the policy prescription to such extremes, I think, if indeed he
is serious, he's right. - Dave