Of course in that scenario it's the Good Cop who's lying.
On 5/13/11 2:38 PM, Bhaskar Sunkara wrote:
> And this is a sober reading of the American political climate "a fascist
> anti-immigrant fervor of the *majority* of the populace"?
>
> I guess with the fascist hordes at the gate, we should follow Melissa
> Harris-Perry's advice and focus our energies on lambasting the Tea Party and
> their ilk... this is the old trope of conceding ground to “legitimate”
> forces governing in the center... the liberals doing the best they can and
> fending off the "extremists" to their right.
>
> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Wojtek S<wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> I am all for standing for one's principles - but anyone who has zero
>> power and uses principles as an excuse not to face the inconvenient
>> reality is a grandstanding clown. Let's face it - mildly liberal
>> politicians passing mildly liberal measures here and there is the best
>> this country can hope for in the current political climate. And
>> sometimes these mildly liberal measures, such as protecting rights of
>> "illegal" immigrants, are quite bold and courageous, given the fascist
>> anti-immigrant fervor of the majority of the populace (not just here
>> but in the EU as well.) So again, what good is being served by
>> blasting people who pursue these measures?