<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bottomMargin=0 leftMargin=3 rightMargin=3 topMargin=0> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>On Tue, 9 Oct 2001 10:14:15 -0400 Doug Henwood <<A href="mailto:dhenwood@panix.com">dhenwood@panix.com</A>> writes:<BR>> Steve Perry wrote:<BR>> <BR>> >well, in any case the added presence of comrade louie louie seems <BR>> assured of<BR>> >taking lbo dialogue down yet another path to the academic parlor. <BR>> as if one<BR>> >was needed.<BR>> <BR>> This use of "academic" isn't very helpful, or in this case, is it <BR>> very accurate. WWP is a small party of limited popular appeal that <BR>> has almost nothing to do with the academy. Yoshie is a grad student <BR>> <BR>> who does lots of activism. "Academic" in this case is just an <BR>> epithet.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I suspect that we are seeing here a touch of good old-fashion</DIV> <DIV>American anti-intellectualism here - shades of Richard Hofstatder!</DIV> <DIV>Perhaps, Chip Berlet might want to pipe in here.</DIV> <DIV>And no, I am not an academic, nor do I play one on TV.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jim F.</DIV> <DIV><BR>> <BR>> Doug<BR>> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>