I wasn't denying their reality. I was taking issue withe subtle-as-a-sledgehammer tsk-tsk-ing of the young and oblivious in the electorate.
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: > Jeffrey Fisher wrote: > > The "horrors of Communism largely forgotten" opening is a little > irritating. > > Is this meant to be a moral lesson to k-12 history teachers, that they > need > > to get on the stick and make sure Our Children Never Forget the war for > > freedom? > > well, many of the horrors of Soviet-style Communism were real, though > often grossly exaggerated by the "Western" media, etc. But so were the > horrors of the "war for freedom" (i.e., for U.S.-dominated world > capitalism), which were often grossly underplayed or ignored by the > "Western" media, etc. > > In any event, what kind of coverage can we expect from the mainstream > media. > -- > Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own > way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >
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