Bad guys and burdens of proof (Was H Rap Brown)

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Nov 26 11:37:18 PST 2002


Michael Perelman wrote:


>Beg to differ, Reagan was mean, but he knew how to look friendly. Some of
>you may recall his response after James Rector was shot during the
>People's Park uprising in Berkeley. "If it takes a bloodbath ..."

I'm not talking about his actual policies and politics, but the psychology of his appeal. He radiated optimism and sunniness - like Clinton, but unlike W. W radiates a punitive cruelty. The place feels different now from the way it felt then.

Doug



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