On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 11:23 AM, David Shemano <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree it is not valuable playing word games. I think the important point > is the sense I get from this list, or watching a MSNBC talking head, that > you/they think it is simply obvious that no voter in Wisconsin could have any > conceivable rational or legitimate conceivable reason voting for Walker, or > for limiting the collective bargaining rights of government employees. > Therefore, the only reason is false advertising, or false consciousness, or > something entirely unrelated from a voter actually acting as a rational agent.
I actually agree with you here as I have stated in my other emails on this topic. PEN-Lers and progressives in general are in denial about the unpopularity of unions with the general public in the US - and especialyl about the reasons for this unpopularity. Doug Henwood's article is a refreshing exception. -raghu. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
