On Sun, Aug 03, 2003 at 07:34:51PM -0700, Gautam Mukunda wrote: > --- Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Perhaps I've misunderstood your argument, Gauatam, but it seems to > > me you are quite close to arguing a tautology: those on the Left > > do not criticize Leftist extremists, and those who don't criticize > > Leftist extremists are lumped into the Left. I have certainly read > > and spoken to a number of conservatives who do not criticize Coulter > > and Falwell, so the same argument could be made for "the Right". > > Hi Erik. No, I don't think I'm arguing that. There are certainly > _individual_ conservatives who don't support Coulter or Falwell, > but on the whole they are persona non grata on the right. They > have no constituency, no influence. Michael Moore - Coulter's best > counterpart - is lionized, by contrast. I don't see the difference between not criticizing Chomsky, and not criticizing Limbaugh. They both spout a lot of kooky things. Your argument about speaking without a script is a rationalization -- if Limbaugh cannot avoid ad-libbing all the nonsense that he does, then he should use a script or only make inane ad-lib comments rather than trying to ad-lib something meaningful and getting it wrong. No script is not an excuse. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
