The only points worth listening to in Farrow's parade of predictable empty generalities were the ones made by the interviewer, whose intelligence and perspicacity obviously exceed those of the interview subject.
The entire shallow "analysis," despite its focus on the obvious racism in play on Jan. 6, is essentially a torpedo directed by the empire of false conciousness against any possibility of serious critical thought. The alleged and unnamed "experts who analyze extremism" are nothing more than the same cadre of neoliberal frauds who sign on to the "cancel culture" nonsense that they share with Trump. Whether the interview subject "goes there" or not, this approach is the gateway to the kind of antileft repressive state measures betokened by the clearly unnecessary prolonged and possibly permanent Kremlinization of the District of Columbia by Biden's security organs. There's some dangerous "authoritarianism" for you. Farrow deserves credit for his role in the necessary "Me Too" movement in much the same way--although IMO to a lesser extent--as Al Gore deserves credit for bringing the climate crisis into popular consciousness. IMO, Patrick Bond is far too kind in describing this will o'the wisp as an "eloquent reporter." The excessively homiletic Chris Hedges, for all his preachiness, is an eloquent reporter. The people who write for Bellingcat are eloquent reporters. Even Julian Assange and Glenn Greenwald are or were eloquent reporters. Compared with figures like these, diverse and in some cases as questionable as they are, Ronan Farrow has nothing to say. I pass over the annoyance of having to listen to that disingenuously "respectful" little yuppie vocal-fry assumed intonation. There are better sources for all of this. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#6422): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/6422 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/80618001/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
