[New-Poetry] CD Wright's body count

[John Jeffrey]

Jeez.  Someone uses the term "politically correct" and gets a couple of "Bullshit"s thrown back at him?  And, more interestingly, the Bullshiters then claim that the phrase "politically correct" is the "lowest denominator of criticism" or that it's not "descriptive"?  Well ain't that just the crap calling the cliché stinky.

What's the name of this list again?




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From: Bob Grumman <bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net>
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Suzanne Burns wrote: 



On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Bob Grumman
<bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net>
wrote:



Roger Day wrote:

"politically correct": the lowest denominator of criticism these days.
Something you don't like? 


It's a descriptive term whose meaning everyone knows, Roger.

I disagree.  It ceased to be a descriptive term a long, long time ago. 
What is became is a It's a great big rubber stamp one slaps down to
dismiss, trivialize, and above all silence any discussion of a
political or social issue (especially if it concerns women) one does
not want to hear about.  

I too call bullshit. If you don't like CD Wrights work, fine, but
please say something real.  

Suzanne Burns

I can't remember exactly what I said, but it was more or less that
mediocre poets whose political outlook mirrors the outlook of the
liberal establishment--i.e., are politically correct (and I await a
better term for what I meant)--are the ones who get grants, as CD
Wright has.  My implication was that the political stance, which should
be irrelevant, counts.

--Bob G.


      
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