Baudrillard "weighs" in

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Fri Nov 15 09:01:34 PST 2002


Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> Carrol Cox wrote:
>
> >The main weakness of a huge majority
> >of individual leftists today
>
> Wait a minute. Isn't this just the sort of generalization you get all
> red-faced and huffy about when others make it? You get some free pass
> because of your age and wisdom?
>

You fell for it. "The Left" vs "Majority of Leftists." I don't know whether my claim is verifiable or not -- it may be false. But it is a concrete claim. Statements about "The Left" are unprincipled in nature.

Carrol



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