[lbo-talk] Moore on Mumia

[Dennis Perrin]

I've long found this lefty worship of Mumia disturbing -- another case of
the Cult of Personality. Maybe he killed Faulkner, maybe not. If he did,
then the issue is opposition to captial punishment. If he didn't, then the
issues are fair trials and official cover-ups. But Mumia is not the only
imprisoned person who could, or should, inspire debate and activism. Indeed,
he's become a Left Celeb.

As for Amy Goodman, Joseph, you might want to tell the author of that post
that Amy almost gave her life in East Timor helping to make Americans aware
of the Indonesian slaughter there. Her partner Alan Nairn threw himself over
her while the two of them were assaulted by Indonesian soldiers in the
middle of a massacre. Sound like a "limo lib" to you?

DP