The Left's "Silver Lining"

Yoshie Furuhashi furuhashi.1 at osu.edu
Wed Dec 5 08:25:18 PST 2001


Nathan says:


>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Yoshie Furuhashi" <furuhashi.1 at osu.edu>
>>Apparently, Doug wants to have it both ways: criticizing anti-war
>>leftists for "preaching to the choir" first; and criticizing civil
>>liberties activists for making temporary coalitions with rightists,
>>rather than only "preaching to the choir." Having it both ways is
>>good when it comes to sex, but it doesn't make for a coherent
>>argument. :-0
>
>No, what Doug is highlighting is that many leftists are happy to ally with
>the extreme Right in bashing the government over civil liberties, but won't
>attempt to make less narrow appeals on the war to bring wavering liberals
>to an antiwar position.

Are "wavering liberals" wavering on the war or civil liberties or both? -- Yoshie

* Calendar of Anti-War Events in Columbus: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar.html> * Anti-War Activist Resources: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/activist.html> * Student International Forum: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/> * Committee for Justice in Palestine: <http://www.osu.edu/students/CJP/>



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