[lbo-talk] Bolshevik-Bashing -- The Point

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Dec 1 06:19:23 PST 2003


Carrol Cox wrote:


>This is why I consider Michael Pugliese an internet troll, not deserving
>of even minimal courtesy. It's why (in a post which was accidentally on
>list instead of off list) I recommended to the moderator of the Chomsky
>list that he kick Pugliese off it. And MP had the nerve to write me
>plaintively, Did you really say this Carrol. Damn right I did.
>
>I knew perfectly well what Klo's last name was. But the personal
>identity was quite incidental to the political point being made, and
>while I wanted to indicate that it was a real person, not a figment of
>my imagination, I had no desire (as MP usually has) to make it a
>personal attack.
>
>And Ben Seattle is as worthless a political analyst as is Klo or
>Pugliese. A pompous windbag.

Comrade Pot, meet Comrade Kettle.

If you don't like Pug, or anyone else, keep it to yourself and don't announce it at length to the world. At least on this list.


> >From Jim's post I would guess that Klo is probably easier to take in
>person than on a maillist. That may be often the case.

Which, by the way, is true of you.

Doug



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