[lbo-talk] Lerner bleats

C. G. Estabrook galliher at illinois.edu
Wed Mar 3 19:20:46 PST 2010


Thoroughly appropriate reaction to the awful Lerner. Hedges, although something of an hysteric, is obviously right in this case...

Doug Henwood wrote:
> Michael Lerner is such a jackass. This is the opening of his latest sermon:
>
>> Why I Disagree with Hedges and Nader on Obama
>> By Rabbi Michael Lerner, Editor of Tikkun and Chair of the Network of
>> Spiritual Progressives
>>
>> Many of the specific failures highlighted by the article I sent out
>> yesterday by Chris Hedges criticizing the performance of the Obama
>> Administration are legitimate points. But the way Hedges's positions
>> are stated, and the conclusions drawn from them are not the path of
>> spiritual progressives, in my view. There was too much anger in his
>> statement overshadowing our spiritual progressive commitment to
>> compassion and a spirit of generosity toward others with whose
>> politics we disagree. And not enough sympathy for the problems anyone
>> would face trying to get elected as President and to repair the damage
>> of the past 30 years.
>
> Too much anger? Fuck you! How's that for anger management?
>
> Doug
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