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Published · transcript-backedCamille Paglia: belief
25 Apr 2016 Conversations with Tyler Camille Paglia on her Lifestyle of Observation (Live at Mason)
“I’m a Democrat, even though I’m constantly criticizing — I think a true intellectual should be always beyond partisanship.”
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- Camille Paglia
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- Claim type
- belief
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- 25 Apr 2016
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- Conversations with Tyler
Transcript context
…Why not? Everything used to be better. Isn’t that — ? [laughter] No, we’re in a period of decadence, a falling off, you see. No, conservative would mean that I would be cleaving to something past, which was great, and no longer is, and I would be saying, “We need to return to that.” Usually I’m not saying we need to return to anything. I do believe we’re moving inexorably into the future. There’s a momentum to that. I’m a libertarian. That’s why I’m always freely offending both sides. [laughter] Liberal, conservative. I’m a Democrat, even though I’m constantly criticizing — I think a true intellectual should be always beyond partisanship. And always criticizing.…
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