>I don't see that at all. I accept Angela's observation that there is no
>way to exist outside of ideology. That concession made, however, I can
>think of a very practical example of why this is such an appealing
>analysis: lesser evil politics. The Democrats are in no way the lesser
>evil. But liberal ideologists - Nathan, you here? - can make some
>pseudo-credible arguments to the contrary. The moment you accept that
>there's an element of truth to lesser evilism, you're lost. In fact,
>it's precisely at those moments of appeal that the power of ideology is
>at its most sinister: that's precisely the lure that seduces even people
>who should know better into the vortex of compromise and betrayal.
It was ok to say that when there was a Dem in the White House. Now that there's a bloodthirsty cryptofascist biblethumping moron there, truth has been revised.
Doug