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On 2011-01-10, at 6:47 PM, Louis Proyect wrote: >> In fact, how can a young white person - even one as disturbed as Laughner, >> perhaps especially as disturbed as Loughner - not be influenced by the >> racism which pervades that community, racist bigotry which virulently >> expressed itself in the recent congressional campaign against Giffords, >> peculiarly singled out by Palin and her followers who can't or won't >> distinguish between conservative and liberal Democrats? > > Let's be clear about something. This shooting is being used to promote the > kind of "civility" that the Obama administration seeks, one in which the > differences between the Republicans and Democrats would be papered over in > the "national interest". It is just a variant on the "scary Tea Party" > rhetoric that is used to stampede people into voting for Democrats. Just > tonight, Chris Matthews made a point about the "extreme left" and the > "extreme right" jeopardizing democracy, governance, etc. It is the same > crap that Jon Stewart promotes. It's predictably being used by the Democrats for partisan purposes, and more broadly by establishment politicians and commentators to encourage "moderation" in the wake of rising popular anger and polarization produced by the economic crisis, but that doesn't negate the point made above. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
