> I have no personal knowledge of people's activity, so I do not discuss
>it. I address their arguments. When these lovers of theory and philosophy
>vigorously oppose taking to the streets, I believe they mean what they write,
>and respond accordingly.
You don't want to be caught with your pants down, like Eric Alterman was in his own Nation column a couple of years ago, without even noticing that he was the one who'd dropped his own trousers. In the course of an anti-theory, anti-identity rave, Alterman wrote:
>"But here's the twist. [Reformist Social-Democratic Leftist Nelson]
>Lichtenstein is part of a perfectly Rortyite reformist Campaign for
>a Living Wage at the University of Virginia. This campaign is not
>about ending sexism, racism, or homophobia, but about getting
>janitorial staff a few extra bucks an hour. Who are its volunteers?
>Primarily, says Lichtenstein, faculty and graduate students from the
>pomo literature and theory crowd.
You never know where these activists will pop up, do you?
Doug