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

[steve philion]

I understand full well his position, but he should stick to arguing the
position. The smear job is not necessary, surely he can do better than that
one would like to think.
Ironically the same kind of tactic that he uses to smear those who opposed
the bombing of Afghanistan can be used against Gitlin for his putative
opposition to bombing Iraq (at this point). The warhawks could easily claim
that Gitlin is not sympathetic with the victims of Saddam's regime,
etc.etc., by not supporting Bush's continued war plans...

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: Saturday, September 07, 2002 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: Letter to NYT on Todd Gitlin's recent editorial page piece


>
> Thanks Steve. In fact, after I sent you my email I found the editorial in
> the NY Times. While Todd was harsh I understood his position. It is a
> classic liberal position. Although I do think you are making a bigger deal
> out of it that is warrented. Most of the article was spent on trashing the
> Bush policy (except for Afghanistan) especially domestic security issues,
> big corporate capital and the dumb idea of invading Iraq. Best, Talmadge
>
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> On Fri, 6 Sep 2002, steve philion wrote:
>
> > 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
> > >
> > > ****************************************************************
> > > * Talmadge Wright (773) 508-3451 *
> > > * Dept. of Sociology/Anthropology     FAX:(773) 508-7099 *
> > > * Loyola University Chicago        *
> > > * 6525 N. Sheridan Rd.        *
> > > * Chicago, Illinois 60626        *
> > > ****************************************************************
> > >
> > > 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
> > > >
> > >
> >
>