Refreshing my ass. It was an obvious question to be asked as it was quite topical at the time. He was asked at the time that the DOMA was being signed by Prez. McMuffin and ENDA was going down in flames in the Congress. Is a person's right to work w/o discrimination really just more "gonadal" politics? Sounds like a privileged white guy talking.
> I think this program could be sold to those with
> socially conservative views, including religious
> people, I wish this is what more lefts would do, and
> in my own little way this is what I try to make
> happen. I do not think academic talk typified
> by POMO but not absent from marxoid discussions
> is helpful in this enterprise. Nor do I think
> challenging peoples' basic views on matters
> secondary to class, like gay marriage or
> late-term abortion, is a helpful prerequisite
> to building a class-based movement.
I don't think demeaning the rights and struggles of others is very effective either. Nader was downright snide and sneering in his dismissal. This was not the only issue he took this attitude towards.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a big fan of identify politics either, but ENDA was hardly just more "gonadal politics". People should have the right to work w/o their bedroom habits inspected.
> Employment
> rights are more useful than a marriage certificate,
> and a health clinic more valuable than a Mapplethorpe
> exhibit.
Right, but ENDA was just "gonadal politics"...
> Maybe you have too little confidence in them.
> Having known some for a long time, I don't.
>
> Regards,
>
> Max
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