On 4/20/10 12:53 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
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> On Apr 20, 2010, at 1:35 PM, Chip Berlet wrote:
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>> 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
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