Rivera and Kahlo 1

jimmyjames at softhome.net jimmyjames at softhome.net
Tue Jan 28 17:55:39 PST 2003


At 08:31 PM 1/28/03 -0500, Doug Henwood wrote:
>Peter K. wrote:
>
>>Well I have actually seen the film and it is very good. The Counterpunch
>>review on the other hand was rather lame.

Ten to one Peter didn't do this purposefully. We can still discuss the unconscious use of the word, but Peter has never struck me as the type of poster who would be so rude.


>This is suppoesed to be "provocative" in the sense that neocons do when
>they think by using a bigoted turn of phrase they're transgressing the
>hegemony of PC and being fresh and bold. It was annoying when Hilton
>Kramer and the gang did it in the 80s. It's really a crock in 2003. A very
>offensive crock too.
>
>Must dig out some of Hitch's rants about David Horowitz and the Second
>Thoughts moment. You guys are belated neocons, as Harold Bloom might say.
>Do you have a Trot past?
>
>Doug



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