[lbo-talk] [Pen-l] Todd Gitlin: the most pompous ass ever?

[Robert Naiman]

Gitlin may be a pompous ass, but the underlying point is still
basically right. When pompous asses come around to seeing that 2+2=4,
it's still four. It's important not to be provoked by the arrival of
the pompous asses on the scene into arguing that 2+2 is anything but
four.

On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Joseph Catron <jncatron at gmail.com> wrote:
> "[I]t now looks as though—fingers crossed—a critical mass of Palestinians
> may, at last, be getting the point. When they blow people up, they
> manufacture panic and hatred, and lock themselves up. They forfeit the
> initiative. When they act en masse with what Gandhi called satyagraha, soul
> force, they seize the initiative. If the Palestinian national movement had
> begun with disciplined nonviolence, it would have achieved statehood by now.
> That said, much better late than never."
> http://972mag.com/can-nonviolence-move-the-next-century
> Anyone failing to understand why this dripping racist condescension is
> entirely baseless might consider reading Mazin Qumsiyeh's Popular Resistance
> in Palestine. But in the meantime, or in lieu of that, please avoid any
> attempts to feign expertise on the topic.
> --
> "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen
> lytlað."
>
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Robert Naiman
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