This is a key area Orn - I have yet to meet a "Marxist" (academically they are now "marxist"). One rarely meets anyone who can do much explaining about what their ideology is. Most scientists aren't any good at explaining the philosophy of science for that matter. We are under the jackboot of corporate finance and need to get out from under.
On 26 Sep, 10:37, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Good points here orn. I'll accept that explanation and agree it could > be the reason some choose to avoid the communist label while clearly > supporting the most well known tenets. > > The Daily Show clip, while amusing, isn't exactly representative of > the truth. Compare your average 'liberal protester' with with your > average conservative Tea Party goer. Say, those kooks at the G-20 > summit in Pittsburgh with the recent Million Man(or 60k;depends on > where you get your info.) march in DC. How many were arrested in DC? > How many in Pittsburgh? What Jon Stewart didn't play was O'Reilly > clearly calling the folks that committed crimes and got themselves > arrested kooks. I'm sure when some conservative bites of a liberal's > finger he'll call him a kook as well. > > dj > > On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 3:51 AM, ornamentalmind > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From a different thread, we find the following: > > > "...In a completely unrelated matter; why do so many 'activists' hide > > (or > > at least obscure) their true ideologies? People that live and breath > > a Marxist doctrine will look you straight in the eye and tell you > > they > > aren't a communist. Do you think they're ignorant, stupid or are > > they > > trying to put one over on us? Not that there is anything wrong with > > being a communist... I'm just curious what some of you think of the > > often un-clever attempts of some journalists to muddy their political > > leanings. Do they think we're all stupid or something?" – DJ > > > Personally, I find right wing activists to be the worst and more > > deceptive here…surprised? I doubt it! :-) > > > I for one, while in no way a monolith and being quite conservative on > > many topics, often am afraid to express my proud liberal views if I am > > required to stuff them into a nebulous and never fully defined term > > such as Marxist, communist, socialist etc. I have found that everyone > > thinks they know the meaning of these terms, me included, and almost > > in every case, this is far from the truth. Or at the very least, there > > is no agreement on the meaning of terms. So, why should I set myself > > up as someone else’s straw man? > > > So, in the spirit of equality, I present the following! > > > Fox News: The New Liberals > > > Fox News turns into the liberal media by defending protesters, > > criticizing the president and shoving its values down America's > > throat. > > >http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-august-19-2009/fox-news--the-ne... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
