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2014-04-24 08:29 4812306 Anonymous (1371392340634.jpg 480x640 71kB)
what is your opinion on american literature?

3 min later 4812322 EvolaKid
>>4812306 that books is spot on

4 min later 4812329 Anonymous
inb4 le stupid americans, we europeans are so much smarter xD

9 min later 4812343 Anonymous
>>4812306 I've seen this multiple times and it always cracks me up.

10 min later 4812345 Anonymous (heh.jpg 616x421 33kB)
>>4812306 I think it would be a good idea.

11 min later 4812350 Anonymous
>>4812345 fuckin #rekt

12 min later 4812355 Anonymous
it's the best literature, followed by German.

12 min later 4812357 Anonymous
>>4812345 omshidi pls

13 min later 4812359 Anonymous
Confirmation bias pulp fiction =/= literature, and it shouldn't be representative of a completely different body.

13 min later 4812360 Anonymous
>>4812306 i've come to the conclusion that right wing ideas are part of the spectrum of paranoia

15 min later 4812366 Anonymous
>>4812360 And you don't think the liberals' persecution complex is a symptom of paranoia?

16 min later 4812371 Anonymous
>>4812322 >Thinks insane drivel is spot on >Appreciates Evola What a coincidence.

17 min later 4812375 EvolaKid
>>4812371 >>Thinks insane drivel is spot on Better than most leftist dribble people read

18 min later 4812379 Anonymous
>What is your opinion on American music? >What is your opinion on television shows? >What is your opinion on European philosophy? Do you see now what a stupid question that is, OP?

19 min later 4812384 Anonymous
>>4812366 no, things like fearing the fall of western civilization is much more grandiose form of paranoia

19 min later 4812385 Anonymous
Jake Lantz was a simple God fearing man who simply wanted to be left to enjoy his freedoms and liberties in the peace of his own home, until one day president blackmadinejad came to his door and slapped the bible from his hand whilst performing fellatio on a transnormist african retard "not today freedom hater!!" screamed Jake as he stepped into his f-16.....etc.

20 min later 4812387 Anonymous
>>4812375 oh thanks for reminding me, I almost forgot to filter you after that tremendous display of idiocy in that other thread.

20 min later 4812388 Anonymous
>>4812306 >/pol/ gets published.jpg >freedums intensifies.webm

24 min later 4812398 EvolaKid (2427493-2693563985-23951.gif 924x579 73kB)
>>4812387 >oh thanks for reminding me, I almost forgot to filter you after that tremendous display of idiocy in that other thread.

27 min later 4812403 Anonymous
>>4812306 one of the worst Western nations for pre-WWII lit, and one of the best for post-WWII lit.

30 min later 4812417 Anonymous (1372616288137.jpg 480x480 177kB)


41 min later 4812452 Anonymous
>>4812322 God, even as a reactionary you're total shit. A coherent Traditionalist should feel nothing but contempt for America and American values. The country is virtually founded on Protestantism, rationalism, individualistic economism and the Enlightenment.

5 hours later 4813375 Anonymous
>>4812398 I think he is talking about you using "dribble" when the word is drivel. That is not being butthurt.

5 hours later 4813455 Anonymous
As a American that picture made me laugh at it's dumbassitude, but at the same time replace jake with big boss and call it outer heaven and I'd read it in a second. Dam

5 hours later 4813461 Anonymous
>>4812306 I want to read this book, it sounds fucking amazing.

5 hours later 4813508 Anonymous (Yurope TAI middle class.png 1112x1450 174kB)
>>4812306 i think i've read that book already

6 hours later 4813606 Anonymous
>>4812306 I read a book like that recently. I was in the library, see, and I picked up a book called "Patriots" by some James Wesley, Rawles motherfucker. He puts that comma in his name himself, by the way. Anyway, it promised to be a novel about people surviving after the collapse of society and said that it was full of "authentic survival tactics" or whateverthefuck. I decided, huh, mite b cool, and took it home. It went into some crazy fucking new world order bullshit and ended up with TRUE 'MURRICANS liberating the world or someshit. Jesus Christ, I just wanted a novel about motherfuckers struggling to survive after the collapse of society.

6 hours later 4813614 Anonymous
>>4812306 this reads like every John Clancy novel ever

6 hours later 4813622 Anonymous
>>4812306 Guys, if the social rejects that lurk in pol can get their books published, what is stopping you? You have ZERO excuses, if that shit can be published; you can too.

6 hours later 4813726 Anonymous
>>4813622 do you wanna be published or read?

8 hours later 4814067 Anonymous
>>4813726 I thought everyone here was a "struggling author" or "working on their novel"? I want to read but the vibe I get off you pretentious wine sippers is that you want to publish a book. You always posting poetry or "critique me" threads and every now and again I see some poor sob asking how to get published. Hell there was that TAR fag, that used to "publish" yall faggets works... what happen to the TAR fag?

9 hours later 4814092 Anonymous (tea party.png 700x519 126kB)
>>4812329 As an American, I'd just like to let you know that (typically) when this image is posted (and often times by Americans), it's more of a jab at the rural parts of the United States (often colloquially referred to simply as "the South") and is not really making fun of all Americans (though OP obviously is). I still find the whole thing funny as well (and, geographically, I reside in the "South"). I want to believe that the whole thing is really satirical, but I can't get myself to believe that. >yfw there is a movie trailer too (comments disabled, of course) I just searched far too long for it, I'm supposed to be working on homework for uni. But it's out there (though it may not be for this particular book), if any kind anon could find it, that would be awesome.

9 hours later 4814096 Anonymous
>>4813726 Not him but both? I don't even need to get published, I just want to see one of my plays produced on a meaningful level...

9 hours later 4814150 Anonymous (most inaccessbile work.png 1535x1057 2214kB)
>>4813622 >You have ZERO excuses, if that shit can be published; you can too. Just a suggestion here, but you should not be using a semicolon there. Semicolons are for the linking of two independent clauses, not dependent + independent. A comma would have been a much better choice. >You have ZERO excuses, if that shit can be published, you can too. Now see how much better that flows? Feel free to correct me if I'm mistaken, it's just that I've been trying to incorporate semicolons into my writing more and I've been trying to get a firm grasp on their usage - don't mean to be rude.

9 hours later 4814158 Anonymous
anyone else notice that there is a gigantic bias against american culture outside of america? it's like people refuse to believe that there are actual american traditions. it is this bias that is at the heart of why certain people don't take american literature as seriously as other nations' literarture.

9 hours later 4814165 Anonymous
>>4814150 lmao, both of you are wrong. The second guy at least had the right idea. You have ZERO excuses; if that shit can be published, you can too

9 hours later 4814184 Anonymous
>>4814158 they think americans are vulgar and stupid. it is hard to argue against this.

9 hours later 4814189 Anonymous
>>4814165 >You have ZERO excuses; if that shit can be published, you can too Well no, I know that you 'could' use a semicolon there, but there's nothing saying you have to. I'm not saying he couldn't put a semicolon where you put it (I did actually think about it, but decided not to) because I was talking about his misuse of the semicolon, not about where he could have put it. But yes, I do think that way sounds better. >wrong You'd have to know my intent before knowing if I'm "wrong," m8. Oh yea, I'm this fuccboi ( >>4814150 )

9 hours later 4814193 Anonymous
>>4814184 Humans are vulgar and stupid. It's hard to argue against this.

9 hours later 4814224 Anonymous
>>4814189 >fuccboi You like it in the pooper?

10 hours later 4814235 Anonymous
>>4814189 Your way is wrong too. You can't connect two independent clauses with a comma clause 1: You have ZERO excuses clause 2: if that shit can be published, you can too if you want to connect the two clauses you need a comma or a coordinating conjunction

10 hours later 4814238 Anonymous
>>4814235 I meant to type "if you want to connect the two clauses you need a SEMICOLON or a coordinating conjunction"

11 hours later 4814372 Anonymous (1380763135529.jpg 544x433 29kB)
>>4814224 >You like it in the pooper? No, just trying to find a word other than "faggot" to make me sound like I'm not too full of myself. >>4814235 >>4814238 Oh wow, you're right. Thank you. Like I said, I'm still learning when/how to use them, but obviously I was incorrect. I'll keep that in mind for future reference, anon.

11 hours later 4814383 Anonymous
>>4814235 >>4814238 Prescriptivist, pls take your Strunk and White and go.

15 hours later 4814730 Anonymous
lel evolakid got served, now he's too ashamed to post in this thread

15 hours later 4814732 Anonymous
>>4812379 >>4812379 >>4812379

15 hours later 4814735 Anonymous (55.jpg 222x222 27kB)
>First time in print! Everytime.jpg

15 hours later 4814765 Anonymous (speedwagon intensifies.gif 500x281 504kB)
>tfw I downloaded and read this book Oh God it's fucking hilarious /lit/. >Ohshmidi withdraws all US troops from foreign soil >AT ONCE >to fix the environment he decides to order a halt to all oil-drilling activities, to force scientists to come up with an alternative before the country falls apart >he's some kind of weird algamation of a communist, an Islamic extremist, and a globalist all at once >Glen Beck is the heroic resistance leader

16 hours later 4814779 Anonymous (melville.jpg 667x872 135kB)
>>4812403 Compared to what was coming out of France, Britain and Germany in the 19th century American lit was admittedly sub-par, but I still feel like "worst" is a little harsh considering the occasional American gems shined so bright.

16 hours later 4814799 Anonymous
>>4812452 This.

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