Moon Pie (was: Re: Zizek = the Third Way)

Michael Yates mikey+ at pitt.edu
Mon Feb 14 09:21:06 PST 2000


Well, again, I have met any number of old leftists, and generally I like them fine. They are as a rule generous and engaging.

Michael yates

Carl Remick wrote:


> > > One of the obvious faults with the such-as-it-is left is that its
> > > perspective on *everything* seems to be limited to "cold hard looks."
> > > Whatever happened to the warmth and mellowness of the counterculture?
> > >
> > > Carl
> >
> >
> >OK, a warm, soft look, whatever. Point is, people on this list and the left
> >in general carry on in such a way that it's hard to see what anyone would
> >be attracted to it. --jks
>
> Yes, I agree. One of the main differences between the "old" and "new" left
> was that the former was characterized by a dukes-up disputatiousness that
> was wholly self-defeating. Say what you will about the Yippies and their
> analogs, there was a spirit of infectious good cheer about leftists during
> the '60s that rightwingers simply couldn't come to terms with; it always
> made them look heavy-handed, humorless and ridiculous.
>
> Carl
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