[lbo-talk] Americas Vichy Left vs. Michael Moore

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Jul 13 09:39:22 PDT 2004


Carl Remick wrote:


>>From: Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com>
>>
>>Backstabbers!
>>
>>America’s Vichy Left vs. Michael Moore
>>By Mark Ames ( editor at exile.ru )
>>
>>(snip)
>>
>>He has single-handedly managed to turn the Right-Wing
>>brutocracy into a pack of whiny fags ...
>
>Yikes. A real gem for the With-Friends-Like-This-Who-Needs-Enemies
>Collection.

How like one of those hyperpure lefties Ames is skewering! Yeah the phrase isn't very nice but the rest of the piece <http://www.exile.ru/194/feature_story.html> is just great.


>Why is it more important to take a stance that you think is Uniquely
>Contrarian - to borrow from Not Another Teen Movie - than to support
>someone who might be doing you some good? This is the heart of the
>problem with the American Left - what matters for them is not
>winning the game, not even how the game is played - what matters is
>losing the game at all costs.

A phenomenon we've seen all too much of here, too. Sad and sick.

Doug



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