On 1 Jan 2007 at 12:32, Jim Straub wrote:
> "Critical solidarity" has perhaps devolved to 99.99% criticism of
> foreign governments and movements and 0.01% solidarity with
> foreigners. :->
>
> When we had a little discussion about our shares of political
> responsibility for what's happening in Iraq, the only LBO-talk member
> who stood up to claim responsibility was Ravi, an Indian man, the rest
> insisting that their "hands are clean." Just as many multinationals
> have outsourced jobs to India, China, etc., maybe US leftists have to
> outsource political responsibility to foreigners: hire foreigners to
> hold candles for dead US soldiers! :-|
> --
> Yoshie
Oh come on Yoshie. A smiley-faced emoticon doesn't make hyperbole
any
more useful. 99.99%, huh? How'd you measure that? When hating on
the US left for addiction to failure (a habit I indulge in plenty
myself), you might temper it with a reflection on how bunkering down
in a university sitting on computers all day long doesn't really turn
the tide either. Not only do I believe myself and other residents of
the US bear grave responsibility for the horror in Iraq, I happen to
be fixated on it personally in a way that rarely leaves my mind.
Almost all bile leftists sling among and between themselves about
their collective failure/wrongness/responsibility/whatever, is on its
face better spent motivating them to talk instead to non-leftists
about these issues.
:)
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