Arms inspectors vote on BBC
Steven McGraw
stmcgraw at vt.edu
Thu Feb 13 06:08:44 PST 2003
At 12:20 PM 2/12/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>> Again, why focus on construction workers? What do you accomplish?
>
>
>To show that "blue collar worker" in this country is constructed based
>on cultural identity rather than political-economic interests. That
>explains their rabid nationalism (aka patriotism) and willingness to
>beat up those pointed to them as the enemies of the state.
>
>Wojtek
>
>
Answer the entire question instead of ignoring what you find inconvenient,
or at least answer one of the
other posters who has made the same point.
Once again, quoting me:
"Since you admit that there is plenty of support for the war among
intellectuals, liberals and wealthy elites, why are you singling out the
working class? What's the point?"
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