[lbo-talk] Same sex marriage initiative in DC

[Wojtek S]

[WS:] That would not be such a bad thing.  It would discredit populist drive
to ban rights of unpopular minorities and put some legal limits how far
idiotic ballot initiatives can go.

While I do not believe in "the worse - the better" approach to mobilize the
masses, I think that this approach has a chance of working to mobilize the
elites to put some brakes on populist idiocy that may undermine the
legitimacy of the status quo.

Wojtek

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Michael Perelman <michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
> wrote:


> Today's Sacramento Bee has a story about an opponent of same-sex
> marriage bans taking family values to a new level. He has started an
> initiative to ban divorces, purportedly in the name of family values.
> I appreciate the humor, but in light of the current extent of political
> craziness, it could pass.
>
> -- Michael Perelman
> Economics Department
> California State University
> Chico, CA 95929
>
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