From: "Aaron Page" <apage at tnr.com>
> Ah... Well, my bad. Just joined the list recently--I guess I
underestimated the level of snarkiness in force here. Even coming from
the list administrator.
========= Sarcasm does not travel well on the internet.
>
> I suppose I read the original post as more frustrated than hostile
(though certainly a little hostile).
======== This is to assume/infer that the folks on this list are blind to the last 300+ plus years of how working people engage in collective action to secure and advance their interests.
>Certainly I thought it was seriously asking for a response, for a
debate. The fact that no one even considered engaging the man on his
points is probably a function of the fact that this has become
something of a private space, one that doesn't take well to strangers,
differing views, etc.
=========== Who's the man? What's a private space?
>I can understand that. And I can understand not wanting to engage in
redundant debates. But let's make sure you admit that such an attitude
doesn't help the cause of the left's "marginalization" (something,
even having followed the list for only a few days, I've seen arise
several times). But I'm sure everyone behaves better in the real world
than they do here.
=========== Ah, yes, the old liberal certitude strategy. How the heck would you know how people behave here and in the real world?
> As for the slurs on TNR: Whatever.
>
> AMP
============ Don't go there.....................
Ian