[lbo-talk] Re: bye bye ralph, hello karl

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Dec 28 10:35:42 PST 2004


frank scott wrote:


>"...His life furnishes the context to present remarks by his political
>opponents Marx and Engels, which reveal their deep-seated homophobia.."
>
>they were also sexist, racist, ageist, antisemitic and other handy
>contemporary labels for 19th century revolutionaries, as applied by 21st
>century labelers...

Maybe, but sometimes I get the feeling that you don't think those things matter even in the 21st century. E.g., the subject heading - Ralph has no historical excuse. And his apologists don't either.

Doug



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