at 9:36 AM, Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote: > Lance Murdoch wrote: >> Outside the >> auditorium, the two Marxists were now shouting at the top of their >> lungs. >> >> “Stalinist pig!” >> “Reformist bitch!” >> >> Or just plain crazy.' >> >> -- Barack Obama, Dreams from my Father > > Or just plain bullshit. After having been in these types of > situations for the better part of 40 years, I have never heard > this sort of exchange once.
I have. Though the 'bitch' part does seem dubious. The underlying truth remains -- sectarian groups were ubiquitous at left gatherings, and their rhetoric often devolved to the level depicted above. Whether you think those groups dominated the left or vice versa -- I would say the latter -- affected your reaction. We know what Obama's reaction was. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
