[lbo-talk] Barbara Epstein & MR

[// ravi]

On Aug 2, 2009, at 2:18 PM, Eric Beck wrote:
> On 8/1/09, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
>
>> Of course, nothing that any U.S. citizen has to say about Iran,  
>> either
>> way, is of any political importance -- the only way that u.s. opinion
>> could be relevant to conditions in Iran is by supporting a u.s.  
>> invasion
>> or CIA subversion of the Iranian regime. Do u.s. leftists really  
>> desire
>> that? If they don't they should shut up on Iran and turn their  
>> attention
>> to the repressive regimes that the u.s. supports, not one that is  
>> under
>> attack from all the mainstream media.
>
> Fuck off, Carrol. Don't dictate to people what kind of politics they
> can practice just because it doesn't fit within the confines of your
> feeble imagination.

He's not really dictating -- he's giving you an if-then proposition.  
You seem to think there are more thens. So, what does your fertile  
imagination suggest?

	--ravi

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