Corn transcript

[Chuck0]

Doug Henwood wrote:
> Chuck0 wrote:
> 
>> It's easy to berate Corn, Cooper, and Hitchens for the way in which 
>> they have framed their criticism of ANSWER. But I have to ask where 
>> the other leftist writers have been with a more constructive public 
>> criticism of ANSWER? The only person here who I know has engaged in 
>> this is Liza.
> 
> 
> You're right. But Liza did it the way it should be done (not that I'm 
> biased or anything) - acknowledging context and complexity, with her 
> antiwar sentiments fully on display. Neither Corn's piece in the LA 
> Weekly nor his appearance on O'Reilly did any of that.
> 

That was my point. Liza didn't shy away from criticizing ANSWER in her 
articles and provided some context. I wouldn't be surprised if Liza got a few 
emails from ANSWER/IAC supporters accusing her of red-baiting. In the eyes of 
the authoritarian Left and their supporters, intra-movement criticism is a 
verboten topic.

If other "movement writers" and left columnists included level-headed 
criticism of groups in the movement in their coverage, we wouldn't be in this 
situation. Why should Susan Sarandon or some anti-war activist in Ohio have 
to find out about ANSWER being a front group for the WWP from watching the 
O'Reilly Show?

I'd like to know what David Corn thought he was accomplishing by appearing on 
that show.

Chuck0

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