Tom is my prime example of why people should not be pigenholed, categorized, stereotyped, labeled or otherwise taken out of context. He and I share (along with, I believe, most others here) the permanent affliction of bibliophilia. Moreover, we apparently have many favorites in common: books that have entertained, illuminated or even shaped our lives. That his social and political views and mine are diametrically opposed speaks, not against the persuasive power of the literature we share, but for the power of the informed mind to infer what best works for it from the common pool of knowledge and story.

Infuriating at times, yes... but no less admirable for all of that. To put it another way:

Anyone who likes Carl Barks, Gilbert Shelton, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman can't be all bad.

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