You suggested that there are certain bugaboos -- terror, sexual abuse, etc. -- that are harnessed to take away civil liberties. Doug, on the other hand, quoted an actual program in Iran to get rid of secular/lilberal teachers. Where's the similarity?
I liked your post about the terror mongering and thought you made an excellent point. I also agree with Doug that "Western leftists" is too broad to be helpful.
Joanna
Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
> On 10/28/06, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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>> On Oct 28, 2006, at 10:33 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
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>> > Western leftists
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>> <yawn>
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>> Doug
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> I suppose "<yawn>" is meant to be slightly politer than Jesse's
> "gibberish"! I really appreciate the nuance. :->
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> But you fit into the category well and express its tendency toward the
> politics of fear, depending on topics. Just last month, you were
> suggesting that liberals were about to be cleansed from higher
> education in Iran, with a Cultural Revolution-scale upheaval soon to
> sweep the Iranian education system: Doug Henwood, "Cleansing Iran,"
> <http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/pipermail/lbo-talk/Week-of-Mon-20060904/017079.html>.
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