[lbo-talk] another brick in that neolib wall

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Fri Apr 28 12:45:39 PDT 2006


Dennis Claxton wrote:
>
> Carrol wrote:
>
> >I've had some vicious thoughts in my life, but never, not once, not even
> >as a first impulse, have I ever, in childhood or as an adult, even
> >remotely wished that anyone would be fired. And I would bet that there
> >are at least 50 to 150 million who could say the same thing. Try again.
>
> So fill in the blank with a vicious thought you have had.

I was responding to a statement about what we "all" think, feel, etc. I was merely negating that proposition (hence my reference to the millions more that must be free of this "universal" response.

What's your point?

That universalizing propositions about individual responses are apt to be empty.

Carrol



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