[lbo-talk] Lyndie England

[Abe Initio]

At 09:53 PM 9/28/2005, John Adams wrote:
>-----Original Message-----
>From: andie nachgeborenen <andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com>
>
> > Surprised to see you go for the Lt. Calley defense,
>Doug. Sure, Rummy and Gonzalez and ultimately the W
>himself are the ones who are really responsible, and I
>hate scapegoating and nailing the grunts while
>criminals in suits and ties sip martinis and watch the
>sun rise
>
>I can't for the life of me work up any sympathy for Calley--I tried real 
>hard once, as an exercise, after finding I could feel a little for Oliver 
>North--but I can work up considerable for England. Still, she did 
>something exceptionally bad, and I'd've probably given her more time. 
>(Words I never thought I'd hear myself say.) But I don't get any joy out 
>of it, any more than you sound like you do, and it's the gleefulness that 
>bothers me.
>
>There's the key to it, I think.

yes, because it reveals that same old same old: taking pleasure in the pain 
of a representative of the working class -- the working class that betrayed 
the movement. i think there is a small faction of lefties who feel 
embarrassed and betrayed by them. they can't figure it out, "_I_ have 
figured it out, I know the real enemy. _I_ don't drive an SUV. _I'm_ not 
warped by this society. But all you masses of people, you can't shake it 
off and, because you can't, you fuck us over."

Abe


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