<HTML>I think when people say someone has an agenda it means that he or she has arrived with a predetermined goal for which all endeavors are undertaken in order to forward said goal. Thus, while I may not personally agree, the argument goes that Mr. West has arrived with an agenda -- namely to sell massive numbers of books and forward his theories, thereby increasing his fame -- so all of his efforts are directed toward manipulating reality to conform to the view of reality which is most helpful to his cause. Therefore, the person with an agenda will vigorously defend himself in any way possible in order to preserve the core of the agenda, whether this view actually holds water or not.
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