[lbo-talk] Waterboarding etc.

SA s11131978 at gmail.com
Fri Jan 23 14:11:52 PST 2009


Doug Henwood wrote:


> I think it was Horkheimer who complained about how "be reasonable"
> came to mean "conform to the status quo," where reason was once (or
> should have been) a critical function. "Reality" serves a similar
> purpose.

But one might also lament that "don't conform to the status quo" came to mean "yield to the irrational" - whereas dissent and non-conformity once were (or should have been) functions associated with reason.

I endorse both laments.

SA



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