Trolls from the New Republic

H. Curtiss Leung hncl at panix.com
Thu Nov 1 17:56:35 PST 2001


In response to the obviously sarcastic quip:


> >
> >Really? You have some numbers on that? This is news to me.
> >

The Assistant Editor of the New Republic Online replies, deadpan:
>
> Yes really. (I thought you were supposed to be aware of stuff like this...?)
>

And goes on to post a lengthy article from the Jan 21 2001 NY Times (hey, don't they charge for that? And won't it cost extra for all the redistribution on this list and the LBO Talk Archives?).

Gosh, I guess we've just seen the birth of another anti-left canard. Chomsky as Holocaust denier, I.F. Stone as Soviet agent, and now this. When can we expect to see it in TNR, you creep? -- Curtiss



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