Joe W.
>From: Dwayne Monroe <idoru345 at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>Subject: [lbo-talk] Moore on Mumia
>Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 16:06:55 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Joseph Wanzala posted:
>
>So, despite the fact that Arnold Beverly has confessed
>to the killing of Officer Faulkner, Moore finds that
>saying Mumia probably did it is a good way to win over
>conservatives when having a debate with them. (The
>excerpt came from a section of the book on how to deal
>with a conservative brother-in-law) This is typical
>of white liberals with their weak-ass non-positions on
>issues of importance.
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>I believe that liberals in general, or to be more
>precise, those that stay within the strictures of
>acceptable discourse (i.e. safe for Sunday chat shows,
>NPR, Time Magazine and so forth) are prone to adopt
>"non-positions."
>
>This is certainly not true of Amy Goodman, whose
>positions are clearly discernable and well outside of
>the pool of network ready opinions. It is becoming
>somewhat less true apparently as a description for
>Michael Moore, though he is obviously, as you say, a
>"limousine liberal."
>
>An examination of Black 'leadership' reveals that this
>over-cooked noodle state of being is not limited to
>people who happen to be White but is a characteristic
>of those who wish to stay within 'respectable'
>society.
>
>Chomsky has written detailed analyses of this
>phenomena as it's manifested amongst intellectuals.
>
>DRM
>
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