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

[David Green]

"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."

I don't think it's that simple, but nevertheless, it's important to note that 
Gitlin isn't part of the Palestinian rights movement, and so therefore nothing 
he says is of any import, one way or the other. It's for those who support the 
Palestinians to debate issues of strategy and tactics in good faith. Gitlin, as 
always, operates in bad faith. For the movement and for Palestinians, that's 
more important than the content.

David Green