[lbo-talk] Churchill's complaint

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

Michael Dawson MDawson at pdx.edu, Tue Feb 15 13:31:38 PST 2005:
>I remain stunned at the range of leftists who seem incapable of 
>reasoning their way through this disaster.  Do you genuinely think 
>O'Reilly and gang are "pissed off" about Churchill?  How'd you get 
>so naïve?  Dude, they're gloating.  They've found their proof that 
>the left is laughable, unserious, immoral, boneheaded, hypocritical, 
>and in favor of repeating murderous errors.  The "anger" is merely 
>an act.  They're laughing their asses off at us.

Why should you (or any other leftist) take responsibility for Ward 
Churchill's opinion?  The Right is of course forever trying to hold 
all leftists of all varieties responsible for any and all of the 
crimes committed by any and all governments, movements, 
organizations, and individuals that say or are said to be "on the 
left" today (or said or were said to be "on the left" in the past), 
but that the Right charges you with responsibility for Pol Pot's 
crimes for instance doesn't mean that you have to follow the Right's 
reasoning, believe that the Right has presented their proof that "the 
left" is murderous, and act as if you were a defendant in the court 
of opinion.
-- 
Yoshie

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