"When did you stop beating your dog ? " as a response to Doug is a well known lawyers objection to a double question. Doug can't prove I'm shilling for H . Clinton, because I am not .
Actually , Doug is shilling for the Republicans . He can't quite escape some of that Party of the Right hatred of Democrats.
"Admiration " for Clinton bespeaks thinking in terms of the pernicious American custom of treating elections as personality contests; that distorts Carrol's analysis.
> On Nov 29, 2015, at 4:45 PM, "Carrol Cox" <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
>
> Humor is a powerful means for cementing and maintaining solidarity ( and of
> course is simply fun), but I doubt that it has ever been effective as
> agitation -- as reaching those not already in the circle . Clinton admirers
> will, I fear, remain Clinton admirers however powerful the comic darts
> hurled her way -- but such darts will greatly entertain those of us who
> already despise her.
>
> Carrol
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of James Creegan
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> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Are you going to spend the next year shilling for
> Hillary, Charles?
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>>> Charles Brown wrote:Doug Henwood said : "Are you going to spend the
>>> next year shilling for Hillary, Charles ?"
>>>
>>> Charles responds : When did you
>>> stop beating your dog , Doug Henwood ?
>>>
>>> **********************
>>> These two questions are in no way similar, comparable, parallel,
> analogous or homologous.
>>
>> I think the answer is clearly "yes."
>
> Is LBO-Talk attempting to become some kind of Colbert Report Online ? :)
>
> Jean-Christophe
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> I should certainly hope not! Leftists are duty-bound to maintain at all
> times a leaden seriousness, and keep our interventions free of that most
> insidious weapon in the hands of the bourgeoisie: humor.
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