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Rather like the politics getting dumber, the mass media is whining this morning about all the terrible, nasty rhetoric. In between this, they are running ads claiming that the Democrats are cheering at the shooting of Republicans (rather like Trump's Muslims in New York allegedly cheering at the 9-11 attacks). The Koch brothers and miscellaneous swift boating are sponsoring the soul-searching of the professional punditry. The rank hypocrisy of all this is simply astonishing. There's a panel of right-wingers on MSNBC right now (the "liberal" voice of corporate media) warning that the attempts of right-wing thugs to shout down a performance of Julius Caesar is mimicking the anti-free speech positions of "the far left" in protesting the speaking engagement of Ann Coulter on campuses. https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/jun/18/donald-trump-julius-caesar-shakespeare-theater-abuse William Shakespeare and Ann Coulter. ML _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
