I hear this elitist, obnoxious, disdainful attitude
mostly in conversations. Most people don't put it in
writing, as Nikki Craft does.
-Angie
--- Dennis <dperrin13 at mediaone.net> wrote:
> Now it's Alterman's turn to sniff out the appeasers
> and traitors in our midst.
>
> "While many nonpatriots share an idealistic belief
> in a kind of cosmopolitan, humanist
> internationalism, some--like Jerry Falwell and Pat
> Robertson on the right--really do hate this country.
> These leftists find nothing to admire in its
> magnificent Constitution; its fitful history of
> struggle toward greater freedom for women,
> minorities and other historically oppressed groups;
> and its values, however imperfectly or
> hypocritically manifested in everyday life. This
> became obvious in a few of the immediate reactions
> we heard in the wake of September 11. How could
> anyone say with certainty why we were attacked when
> we couldn't be sure who attacked us? All they could
> know, really, is why they thought we deserved it.
>
> "This 'Hate America' left must be rejected for
> reasons of honor and pragmatism. It is difficult
> enough to 'talk sense to the American people' in
> wartime without having to defend positions for which
> we have no intellectual or emotional sympathy."
>
> Who is Alterman speaking of? Who are the members of
> the "Hate America" left -- Chomsky? Zinn? Cockburn?
> Sontag? Said? He doesn't say. But he does go after
> the callous remarks of those on the right, primarily
> his two fav targets (now worn with use), Andrew
> Sullivan and Michael Kelly. Reviewing the latter's
> recent slanders against "pacifists" who are
> effectively "pro-terrorist," Alterman states,
>
> "But in neither column could [Kelly] find the
> space--or the courage--to name a single one."
>
> Gee, him too?
>
> http://thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20011029&s=alterman
>
> DP
>
===== ". . (A)ctivists must begin by rallying support for what they favor, not simply emphasizing what they're against. In these times, war is a failure of imagination -- and so is the traditional peace protest. Folks need to hear the better alternative. . . .There's no reason a vision of a world of greater peace and economic justice cannot be wed to what makes strategic sense. We should, in fact, demand it." Geov Parrish,
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