[lbo-talk] Religious (In)tolerance -- Chip? (Was Rationality of the Masses)

[Jeffrey Fisher]

On 6/10/05, Michael Pugliese <michael.098762001 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/10/05, Jeffrey Fisher <jeff.jfisher at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> > i never cease to be amazed at the long post-cold-war life of red-baiting.
> >
> > the cold war is dead! long live the cold war!
> 
>    But, Jeffrey, us cadre in the NAM and DSOC locals in Santa Cruz,
> who made no secret of our affilations, both to friends, allies and
> enemies (sometimes, we met in the house of John Laird, later the first
> gay Mayor of Santa Cruz, and after that in the Ca. state legislature),
> were correctly perceived by the Right-wing as socialists. 

that's not the point!

the point is that calling you socialist is all that needs to be done
to prove you're evil and wrong.

maybe i'm playing a little loose with the term, "red-bait", but you
see what i'm getting at. it's that same freaked out red scare/yellow
scare, ooh, watch out for the commies crap.

here's my favorite red-bait ever (apologies for the shameless
self-promotion aspect of this, but that's where it is!):

http://www.brainmortgage.com/article.php?story=2003062409074065

-- 
Among medieval and modern philosophers, anxious to establish
the religious significance of God, an unfortunate habit has prevailed
of paying to Him metaphysical compliments.

  - Alfred North Whitehead