> kelley at pulpculture.org wrote:
>
> >so how is this 'Love America" to say this, doug? carrol?
>
> "Love America" is a bit of a caricature. But you seemed
> to think it important to profess patriotic feelings, and
> invoked your mother-in-law's reaction as something of a
> test. I don't know your m-i-l, but I don't feel any
> compulsion to shape my comments to please her. Convince,
> provoke, inspire thought, sure, but why should Chomsky
> or I or anyone have to play the God Bless America game?
i don't think kelley was asking for that, but maybe i'm wrong. but you seem to be bordering on the coxian with your last sentence above. after all, it's carrol who is always on about it how we shouldn't be worried about 'reaching out' or 'convincing' people, i thought you disagreed.
do you not tailor your message differently for different audiences? not write differently for the nation than you might write on this list or your own newsletter?
not turning down sex seems straightforward enough, i mean i understand why, but why go on teevee? why waste your time, if you're not interested in persuading?
personally, i'm frequently combative for sport or other ammusement; but that is not the way i come across if i am actually interested in persauding. oh, and it does work. i've gotten rah-rah ex-marine rush limbaugh listening relatives to begin to see a somewhat more left perspective. i can promise you, calling the US the evil empire would not have been the way to get there.
-- no Onan
Undefeated, everybody goes home