[lbo-talk] Lind

[Michael Dawson -PSU]

"Cultural conservatism" is, no doubt, a fundamentally racist concept, as its
practitioners always base their stuff on the axiom that "Western culture" is
under attack and must be defended.  Of course, when pushed, they define
"Western culture" as the stuff that white people invent.  Repugnant as it is
historically wrong...

Nevertheless, I look at CounterPunch as a quirky mixed bag.  About every
20th thing they post is marvelous, while every 5th is crackpot.  I accept
this tolerance of crackpots, as well as Cockburn's personal theory of
left-right cooperation (I think he thinks he'll convert some of the
rightists by being open to them), as something with which I disagree, but
don't see the need to fight against.  I wouldn't pee on Lind if his heart
was on fire, and I wouldn't offer him a comma in any publication I edited,
but, IMHO, this is a live-and-let-live thing.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>
To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 7:18 PM
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Lind


> Michael Dawson -PSU wrote:
>
> >I don't have a big problem with Cockburn running Lind's occasional piece.
>
> The guy is a crypto-neo-Confederate and cultural reactionary. At
> least Raimondo's an interesting libertarian. Who needs some Weyrich
> hack?
>
> Doug
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