[lbo-talk] Terrain of Struggle was O'Reilly vs Churchill

[amadeus amadeus]

> Well, obviously. But how is it defending Newman,
> Pug, and others on that 
> list to describe them as provacateurs or place them
> in the same category? I 
> don't really care if he's saying we should just
> tolerate them, that kind of 
> talk is just plain bullshit and leads to the very
> witch hunts everyone says 
> they want to avoid.

I think the idea here is that any and all of the above
parties-- and more-- represent, yes, a TERRAIN on
which we operate. Obviously Churchill, the Weathermen,
people on this list, etc., are not all in the same
category. Rather, there are all different sorts of
bumps and dips on the landscape, and there will ALWAYS
be. And if the "left" gains ground in any substantive
way, I think we can expect more of a variegated
terrain, not less.

Those who speak and operate in any of these contexts
are not saints sent by God in Heaven to deliver a
Message. The people we hear from, and the ideas they
express at any given time are the results of
historico-material circumstances. If they are
delivering a message some find embarassing, repulsive,
etc., we should not be sitting around scratching our
heads.

--adx

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- Rod McKuen, The Mud Kids

		
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