[lbo-talk] Michael Smith on the Dem debate

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Jun 21 16:31:22 PDT 2007


On Jun 21, 2007, at 7:18 PM, Michael Smith wrote:


> On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 18:26 -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
>> Michael J. Smith writes up the Flanders-Aronowitz debate on the Dems
>> for Counterpunch <http://www.counterpunch.com/smith06212007.html>.
>> The last thing I want to do is rekindle a debate about the relative
>> vices and virtues of the Dem party, but I must take exception to
>> this: "the late (and by me, unlamented) Ellen Willis." Michael, you
>> must say ten Hail Marys and an Act of Contrition for expressing this
>> evil sentiment.
>
> Hier stehe ich, Gott helfe mir, und kann nicht anders!

So what's your problem with her? To me, she was very smart, which made her generally pleasing to read. But she was right on sex and music and a lot of other things. Her Zionism was painful, sure. But why do you unmiss her?

Doug



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