[lbo-talk] Re: mourn

[hari.kumar at sympatico.ca]

Gregory Geboski wrote:
>... although I don't think "Don't mourn, organize" is a stupid cliche.
It is. It's a command to substitute action for thought and feeling, a 
classic impulse of American activistism 
<http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Action.html>.
Doug

REPLY:
Well, it is rather useful for a cookie-cutter viewpoint to put that slogan into an entirely false dichotomy:

 - Think or Act -

But you well know that was neither Joe Hill's viewpoint; nor was it the intent of many who use that slogan. 
Hari Kumar