Apology

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat Nov 17 05:55:49 PST 2001


Carrol Cox wrote:


>I needn't have gotten personal with Dennis Breslin. I apologize.
>
>But aside from the uncalled for personal slurs of the post, I think what
>I was saying is damned important, and that this consistent refusal or
>inability to recognize the non-existence of "The Left" is one of the
>main errors made by too many leftists. It represents a significant
>barrier to our somehow coming together to form, at least embryonically,
>_A Left_.
>
>Anyone must know, if he/she just stops and thinks, that the variety of
>opinions among leftists, and the rather huge variety even of "basic
>principles" (i.e., principles of unity), is such that it really is
>nonsense to say anything good or bad about "The Left." It doesn't exist.

Wow. Plurivocality, polycentricity, de-essentializing. Carrol, you going postie on us?

Doug



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