[lbo-talk] Style and Politics, was RE: Libya

Michael Smith mjs at smithbowen.net
Tue Mar 22 12:40:59 PDT 2011


On Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:32:48 -0500 "Carrol Cox" <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:


> That carping [at Cornel West's 'style'] ... breaks solidarity. It
> proclaims that "We will not march with anyone who does not meet our
> aesthetic standards."

It does nothing of the kind. Making fun of West -- well-deserved fun, if you ask me -- among ourselves doesn't at all imply abstention from anything West is part of. This is a straw man, and a particularly flimsy one, if I may say so.

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