tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post5457406036699768185..comments2023-10-24T03:46:41.971-07:00Comments on Contingencies: Tea-baggerismJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-91888973505657650162010-02-09T09:38:15.436-08:002010-02-09T09:38:15.436-08:00De nada.
Chomsky's astute, or at least sinc...De nada. <br /><br />Chomsky's astute, or at least sincere, unlike most hackademics. We might not agree, and one could argue for silencing the idiotic right (or left, for that matter), instead of placating the tea-bagger or dime-baggers. But NC does provide a different view of current politics, usually sort of reasonable, rather than rage-fueled (really, some leftists can be as hystericalJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-36577929641935265962010-02-09T08:20:30.228-08:002010-02-09T08:20:30.228-08:00Very astute. Thanks.Very astute. Thanks.mark hobackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07278212408374559241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-88768311273567859722010-02-08T09:12:23.412-08:002010-02-08T09:12:23.412-08:00Perhaps, but traditional leftism, (rather than sub...Perhaps, but traditional leftism, (rather than suburban liberalism, or professionalism) if you will, did insist on working class solidarity, even when the working class tended toward nationalism , or religious fundamentalism, etc. The teabaggers might be conservative, anti-darwinist ..er yokels, but they generally are working class (not always--some appear to be small business types). <br /><br /Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-73229311218519893672010-02-08T08:51:25.291-08:002010-02-08T08:51:25.291-08:00I've heard it said that a liberal is someone w...I've heard it said that a liberal is someone who won't take his own side in an argument. Left embrace of the teabag is, imo, more of this. It's a road that leads nowhere.CharleyCarphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367092598444103753noreply@blogger.com