Well, I think it would be hard to top Galloway's own invectives for Hitchens, who he described as "a drink-sodden former Trotskyist popinjay"
Jim F.
---------- Original Message ---------- From: ravi <ravi at platosbeard.org> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Galloway: It will soon fizzle out Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:49:40 -0400
On Jun 18, 2009, at 12:13 PM, Julio Huato wrote:
> Eric Beck wrote:
>
>> [At first I thought this was just another data point proving what
>> an asshole Galloway is. Now I realize it's more than that: He's
>
> What are the other data points that you're presuming we, readers, know
> or should know about? Maybe I'm misinformed or underinformed (or
> both), but George Galloway has shown to be a social fighter of worth
> in the international left. Not that you need to prove you are in that
> league for your statements to be pondered. Of course, nobody is
> beyond criticism, but if your invectives are to be taken a bit more
> seriously, some evidence and argument need to be produced.
Or, at least, more fancy string of invectives:
On Jun 18, 2009, at 12:27 PM, Bhaskar Sunkara wrote:
> chauvinistic, homophobic, authoritarian-apologist
--ravi, done STFU, sorry.
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