[lbo-talk] the rhyme in the unreason

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Wed Aug 27 13:05:07 PDT 2003


Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> Dwayne Monroe wrote:
>
> >But hatred? What's that about?
>
> Here's one:
>
> >Please do not use the terrible interview with Slavoj Zizek in Issue
> >105 as fillers as they detract from your otherwise
> >excellent economics publication. If you do not have enough for an
> >issue, wait. There is always lots of information
> >that needs to be publicized, such as:
>
> What follows is a list of factoids with URLs - which exactly misses
> the point of the interview and my front-page polemic. Facts aren't
> enough. You can debunk and demystify around the clock with little
> effect. But lots of lefties don't want to hear that. They're
> convinced that the people are duped by a sinister media machine and
> once they get the facts, everything will take care of itself. As if
> ideology worked in so straightforward a manner.

I would agree with your objections to this post, but it hardly constitutes an example of "hatred." I mean, "hatred" is a pretty strong word.

Carrol
>
> Doug
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