[lbo-talk] How flame wars start [was: How it works in Santa Cruz]

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Feb 15 14:47:34 PST 2006


Leigh Meyers wrote:


>Carrol Cox wrote:
>>This all comes from a naive, even childish, view of the glories of
>>bourgeois democracy. Grow up and recognize that all these crimes are a
>>result of the ordinary working of bourgeois democracy at its best. The
>>method under fascism is quite different.
>>
>>You are in effect spreading propaganda for capitalism and for the DP.
>>
>>
>
>It's called ad hominem... And you are trolling.

Carrol's many things, but he's not a troll. And I'm sure he'll set you straight on what "ad hominem" means.

Doug



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