On Feb 2, 2010, at 10:53 AM, Marv Gandall wrote:
> Chris' narrow preoccupation with ethnicity leads him to centrally
> (mis)understand Trotsky as a "Jew" rather than as the revolutionary
> leader of a multinational working class party having next to nothing
> to do with his Jewish ancestry. This is how Trotsky defined himself
> and how others, excepting for antisemites and confused innocents
> like Chris, have properly contextualized his behaviour.
What's disturbing is the way Chris regurgitates prejudices as if they were somehow natural and not in the least problematic.
Doug