the few, the proud was: political correctness etc.

[Brad DeLong]

>It's been a while since I quoted this bit from Eric Alterman's 
>anti-pomo screed in the Nation a few years ago:
>
>"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."
>
>And like I said the last time I quoted the passage, this undermines 
>Alterman's whole point, but it didn't stop him from writing the 
>column.
>
>Doug

On the other hand, he included it in the column--I think to make the 
point that these pomos could be really valuable if they would just 
start thinking straight. It's not as clear to me that it undermines 
Alterman's whole point as it is to you...

Brad DeLong