[lit-ideas] Re: "Leftist" vs. "Counterculturalist"
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 09:21:25 -0400
Except that you're an American, and Americans have been sold a bill of goods
since this thing began almost 60 years ago that one side is evil and one side
is saintly. There's no way any American has a balanced view of what's going
on.
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I'm uncomfortable with all this energy wasted on labels.
I vote democratic. I think Bush has in 6 years wrought enormous world-wide
damage.
I support Israel's right to exist.
I have sympathy for the Palestinians -- no Arab country will let them in.
I have a difficult time not disagreeing with Israel's tactics, but I assume
there are military strategies in place that I am unaware of.
I am well aware of the strategy of Hezbollah not caring a whit about their own
lives or civilians and hiding weaponry in civilian areas.
The whole thing is a mess and I don't think anyone can be labeled in such a
complicated and complex situation. There simply are no black hats and white
hats.
Julie Krueger
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Date:8/7/06 3:02:57 P.M. Central Daylight Time
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Eric, the criticism is not that Lawrence speaks of "Left" and
"Right" but that his categorizations and generalizations are
crude and that he overhomogenizes "leftists". Your
> Not all leftists are counterculturalists and vice versa.
> Instead what defines counterculturalism is alienation.
doesn't seem much of an advance to me, frankly, though
it may be an advance of your
>Let me suggest "counterculturalist" instead of "leftist."
to which I responded, and which does not seem to me to meet
Carol's
point.
Judy
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