De Long belongs ...

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

At 07:40 PM 10/2/01 +0000, Rob wrote:
>.. wherever he bloody well wants to be.  There are things, important things 
>sometimes, about which most can agree with him.  There are many (most,
perhaps) 
>about which we may not, at which times we may learn the premises and
reasoning 
>of hegemonic logic and publicity, and even, gasp, where we're just smugly 
>holding forth without a case as unassailably developed as we thought it was 
>(happens to me a lot, anyway).  His list manners are better than most, and
his 
>knowledge about a wide range of things is impressive and useful.  I'd miss
Carl 
>Remick at least as much, mind.  Anyway, Brad went of his own accord, so
there's 
>an end to it.  Grinding on about how his like doesn't belong on leftie
lists is 
>just a sad symptom of leftie exclusionism, I reckon.  Which always did
make me 
>groan in despair, and always will.
>

I concur.  While I did not share some of Brad's view (esp. his comparative
analyses, which were somewhat light weight), I was impressed by his
civility, brevity of his remarks, and the ability to choose his enemies
wisely - the skills yet to be mastered by many self-proclaimed lefties.

wojtek