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Trotsky used the word "epigones" to good effect. T -----Original Message----- >From: Louis Proyect via Marxism <marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> >Sent: Dec 8, 2015 6:20 PM >To: Thomas F Barton <thomasfbar...@earthlink.net> >Subject: Re: [Marxism] [UCE] Re: Proof of Turkey-ISIS ties? > >******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** >#1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. >#2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. >#3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. >***************************************************************** > >On 12/8/15 6:01 PM, Jim via Marxism wrote: >> What exactly is the meaning of 'Baathist amen corner' that is different using >> the wording 'pro-Baathist'? Perhaps it is a uniquely US leftists' >> expression, or >> is it unique to this discussion list, where it keeps popping up? >> >> Jim > >I like the term amen corner because it evokes a congregation saying >"amen" to a preacher. I was searching for a term that could best express >the blind loyalty that a John Wight or a Pepe Escobar have toward Assad >and this was the best I could come up with. Number two below covers it. > >http://www.thefreedictionary.com/amen+corner > >amen corner >n. >1. >a. A place in a church reserved for persons leading congregational >responses. >b. A group of ardent worshipers in a church. > >2. Informal A group of uncritical supporters of a leader, party, or >policy, especially a controversial one. >_________________________________________________________ > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
