>For as long as I've been on left maillists I have been objecting to
>alleged leftists picking up this cliche. The New York Post is the proper
>resting place for it.
>
>Those who complain about left jargon should _never_ use this charge of
>"grimness" or lack of humor on the left. It is a moldier cliche than
>anything one can find in the works of stalin's acolytes.
I do love your ironic sense of humor, Carrol! Sometimes it just cracks me up.
By the way, ever hear of the rhetorical strategy of appropriation? The recent history of the word "queer" is an illustration.
Doug