[lbo-talk] FW: Edward Said passed away yesterday

[mike larkin]

--- Dennis Perrin <dperrin at comcast.net> wrote:
> Agreed -- a tremendous loss.
> 
> And a big FUCK YOU to all those who heaped trash on
> this fine man while he
> lived -- from Norman Podhoretz (who called him
> "Professor of Terror") to the
> slime that tried to deny his Palestinian heritage,
> to even Mr. Hitchens,
> who, while not going as far as he did with Chomsky
> and Zinn, nevertheless
> felt the need to "revise" his toughts about Said and
> Orientalism (New
> Realities demand New Assessments, and so on). I'm
> sure Hitchens will pen a
> decent obit: I don't think he's that far gone. As
> for the rest, get ready .
> . .
> 
> DP

This is one time we can count on Cockburn to
administer proper discipline to these creeps.

The really sad thing is that Said never lived to see
even a modicum of justice for his people.

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