On Apr 20, 2010, at 1:35 PM, Chip Berlet wrote:
> I find much of the conversation on this topic here at LBO elitist,
> glib,
> and frankly disgustingly over-privileged and uncaring about the real
> suffereing of others in the real world. Forgive me if I choose to not
> participate any longer. Enjoy your armchair pontificating.
Oh please. What a bunch of grandiose high-horsery.
There's a reason that the likes of the Ford Foundation, that bastion of the common folk, likes to fund research on the far right. It focuses attention on a threat that is as old as the hills, thereby deflecting critical attention from the kinds of Democrats supported by the Ford Foundation. It would be a lot more fruitful to develop a progressive movement that's independent of the Democratic Party and foundation program officers. Getting all hot and bothered about the far right just encourages a deadend of lesser evilism.
Doug