[lbo-talk] Has the Left Gone Mad?

[ravi]

At around 4/8/06 4:57 pm, Joel Schalit wrote:
> 
> What I think makes many of us uncomfortable is the fact that because
> there is such a strong and emerging pro-violence consensus within the
> Western left - Europe, the US, we're increasingly unwilling to even
> entertain discussing non-violent alternatives to the conflict, or much
> else for that matter. That aspect of this discussion is really  bad.
> 

Is this emerging? I have been in the West only about 16 years but in all
that time I have noticed at best a patronizing/condescending attitude
towards non-violence/pacifism (and at worst a sneering dismissal). I
hope I just have a wrong impression.

	--ravi

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