File spoon-archives/marxism-thaxis.archive/marxism-thaxis_1998/marxism-thaxis.9801, message 370


From: LeoCasey <LeoCasey-AT-aol.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 23:54:28 EST
Subject: M-TH: Not Radical Enough


Justin accuses me of caricaturing his position, and then not content to use
caricature himself, constantly raises his rhetorical voice, until he concludes
with a ranting diatribe that makes caricature appear to be incredible
understatement. I am now a supporter of the Vietnam War, the B-1 bomber, and
anyone to the left of Ghengis Khan -- oops, what a minute, even some to the
right of Ghengis Khan. 

<< But Leo loves the Democrats. Like lots of alleged lefties, he will stick
 to them through Vietnam, the MX missile and the B-1 bomber, through NAFTA
 and GATT, because after all they are better than the GOP. Clinton is
 already far to the right of Nixon--if any Democratic candidate ran on the
 platform of what Nixon actually did, he'd be demonized as a communist--but
 Leo and his pals will stay true nonetheless. When a Democrat runs who is
 to the right of Reagan, Leo will be there to stuff the envelopes because
 the Republican candidate will be to the right of Ghengis Khan. And when a
 Democratic candidate runs who is to the right Ghengis Khan, Leo will still
 be there. >>

This is a sorry display from someone who knows better, the kind of "polemic"
that I would expect from a Malecki or a Hugh. It is a very poor excuse for a
political argument. I will not respond in kind, and I will not pretend that
there is anything substantive to respond to.

Leo Casey
 


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