[lbo-talk] Iran and Egypt (was "Islamofascism Awareness Week")

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Oct 24 11:48:28 PDT 2007


On Oct 24, 2007, at 2:28 PM, Dennis Perrin wrote:


> Yoshie:
>
>> Many liberals and some leftists follow their dumb and dumber rhetoric
>> to its logical conclusion. You've been there before:
>> <http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/pipermail/lbo-talk/Week-of-
>> Mon-20070917/017831.html>;
>> and you're welcome to go back there again.
>
> Thanks, Yosh. Appreciate the offer. Still, unlike you, I'm willing to
> revisit my dumber positions and attempt to make sense of or rectify
> them.
> When was the last time you did this -- for others to see, I mean?

Silly question, Dennis. Yoshie's always right, and the lucky among us eventually catch up to her. Of course, we all have to strain to reach her intellectual level:


> Talal Asad's questioning of secularism, liberalism, and human rights
> is certainly very important, but can it be discussed here without
> dumbing it down as usual?

Doug



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