I don't see the relevance here. Was this from another list? On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 07:28:07PM -0400, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > At 12:30 PM -0500 10/19/04, Carrol Cox wrote: > >Alex Cockburn has a lengthy article on the pro-kerry forces in NLR, > >which Sid Shniad posted to the R-G list. Cockburn's title, "The year > >of surrendering quietly," catches up perfectly my preceding post on > >this thread. At the beginning of the campaign ABBs regularly spoke > >of holding their nose while they voted, and usually gave the reasons > >nose-holding was needed. As the campaign has proceeded that sort of > >analysis has been replaced by 7/24 inspection of the entrails -- I > >mean polls -- and sneers at those who don't stay in step with the > >party line. > > Visit > <http://pittsburgh.indymedia.org/news/2004/09/15642_comment.php>, > read David Meieran's "_Anybody_ but Bush?" John Lacny's response to > the article, and others' responses to Lacny's response -- e.g.: > > <blockquote>Arrogance > by Danny P Tuesday, Oct. 05, 2004 at 11:09 AM > > John, > > I take much exception to your comment "If you don't know what the > hell you're talking about, shut your goddamn mouth." > > Firstly, it reeks of arrogance, and secondly, it is a clear attempt > to silence views that in your opinion are uneducated. That, in turn, > creates an entire class of people who shouldn't be involved with > politics, but rather should just shut up and listen. To me, that's > disgusting, as I imagine it is to most people who don't wish to > create a "revolutionary class." It's amazing how strongly you > criticize the communists, when you take a stance like that. > > We are not your "students." We do know "what the hell we're talking > about." And every time you speak down to us, liberals lose more > respect and Kerry loses another vote. > > Politics is something for everyone, and people should feel free and > encouraged to share their views, whatever the hell they may be- even > if you disagree.</blockquote> > > So, I say we should let the ABB camp continue to say things like > "shut your goddamn mouth" to those who do not think that electing > Kerry is the most important thing for leftists to do. As Danny P's > comment shows, that's probably the best way to ensure that "liberals > lose more respect and Kerry loses another vote." > -- > Yoshie > > * Critical Montages: <http://montages.blogspot.com/> > * Greens for Nader: <http://greensfornader.net/> > * Bring Them Home Now! <http://www.bringthemhomenow.org/> > * OSU-GESO: <http://www.osu-geso.org/> > * Calendars of Events in Columbus: > <http://sif.org.ohio-state.edu/calendar.html>, > <http://www.freepress.org/calendar.php>, & <http://www.cpanews.org/> > * Student International Forum: <http://sif.org.ohio-state.edu/> > * Committee for Justice in Palestine: <http://www.osudivest.org/> > * Al-Awda-Ohio: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Al-Awda-Ohio> > * Solidarity: <http://www.solidarity-us.org/>
-- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
