[lbo-talk] prefiguring utopia

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Aug 20 14:52:50 PDT 2003


dave dorkin wrote:


>Our experiences differ. The jibe about how boring this
>is doesnt have a place here; reply civilly or dont
>reply, please. One reason why it is always the same
>people who post here has a lot to do with this kind of
>attitude on display from you and a few others, even as
>you blithely post 10 or 15 messages a day.

Aside from 8/13's 9 messages, Justin's been keeping within the limits lately. But calling people "stupid" or their discourse "boring" is pretty annoying - and god knows Justin isn't the only one who does that (see also a certain retired English prof in Illinois). It's not just bad manners and hostile to conversation - it's really offensive politically too. We're supposed to be leftists or socialists or whatever, and in favor of a less hostile, less hierarchical, and less exploitative society. So why not try to enact some of that in the present instead of waiting for that endlessly deferred revolution?

Doug



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