[lbo-talk] Juan Cole whacks Hitch the Snitch

Andy F andy274 at gmail.com
Thu May 4 05:27:40 PDT 2006


On 5/3/06, Colin Brace <cb at lim.nl> wrote:
> On 5/3/06, Dwayne Monroe <idoru345 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Prof. Cole's evolution - right before our eyes - from
> > academic, simply trying to provide 'deep background'
> > and sharing what he knows, to an unapologetic and
> > intellectually well-armed foe of the neocon agenda
> > (and bullshit arguments in general) has been
> > fascinating.
>
> Very well put. In some ways, the trajectory of his radicalization is
> reminiscent to that of Paul Krugman.

Scott Ritter, too. We could probably find other examples out there, to varying degrees.

It seems that the sheer contempt shown in the past several years for specialists in any relevant field has shaken quite a few out of their establishment mindset. And this radicalization, vs. what has not happened in the wider public seems to contrast with events of 35 years ago. In an recent interview of Chalmers Johnson by Tom Englehart, he noted how he now felt that the antiwar protesters of the time got a lot wrong on the analytical side, but that they were doing the right thing (which he didn't feel at the time). I suppose the absence of any wider immediate stake for the public (as forced by conscription) has flipped that equation. Or is there less difference than I'm making out?

-- Andy



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