class and no class language

[JBrown72073 at cs.com]

Thomas Seay writes:
>Being racist, homophobic, sexist, etc does not qualify
>you as "lumpen proleteriat" in Marx's definition.  I
>think that title would go to those who live on the
>margins of society through thievery, hustling people,
>pimping, etc.
>
>Of course, William Burroughs would probably ask what
>is so different about those occupations than the ones
>the rest of "us" engage in.  Indeed. 

Primarily predatory rather than productive.  Kinda like the Taliban.  But 
these are not intended as moral judgements.

Jenny Brown