Letter to NYT on Todd Gitlin's recent editorial page piece

[steve philion]

I was responding to a NYT editorial page piece that Gitlin wrote on his
assessment of 1 yr. after 911, in which he rehashes his now tired line about
the 'far left' , i.e. opponents of the bombing campaign in Afghanistan,  for
lacking sympathy for the thousands of victims that died on that day.  It is
sad to see that even a year later this tactic is resorted to.
BTW, the "Rosa Clark" I refer to should have been "Rosa Parks". Since the
chance the letter will be printed is infinitessmal, I sent it out right
after I sent it off to a number of lists after I emailed it to the NYT. Feel
free to circulate it to any lists if you have the urge.

Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: "Talmadge Wright" <twright at orion.it.luc.edu>
To: "steve philion" <philion at hawaii.edu>
Cc: <psn at csf.colorado.edu>; <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 8:59 PM
Subject: Re: Letter to NYT on Todd Gitlin's recent editorial page piece


>
> Isn't this old news??? Did I miss something here? Best, tal
>
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> On Fri, 6 Sep 2002, steve philion wrote:
>
> > To the editor:
> > Todd Gitlin states that the 'far left' (a code word
> > for those who opposed the bombing campaign against
> > Afghanistan) was not willing to show any compassion to
> > victims of the 911 attacks.  I wonder if he is
> > referring to persons like Rosa Clark or the 911
> > victims family members of Peaceful Tomorrows who urged
> > Mr. Bush to not use war as the solution to terrorism.
> > Is it too much to ask Prof. Gitlin to stick to arguing
> > his position instead of making baseless accusations
> > against those who disagree with his?
> >
> > Stephen Philion
> > Minneapolis, MN
> >
>