Raghuy apparently finds Cox a more interesting topic than is the current political reality. For about 2 thousand years this has been known as the logical fallacy of the ad hominem argument.
Lets forget personalities and get back to politics. Carrol -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of raghu Sent: Monday, May 04, 2015 10:08 AM To: Progressive Economics Subject: Re: [Pen-l] what should Bernie say about cutting Pentagon spending? On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 9:24 AM, Carrol Cox <[email protected]> wrote: Had the men and women who built the CIO confined themselves to legal action the CIO would never have been built. The CIO emerged out of a specific historical circumstance. Are you seriously suggesting that the 'Left" should blindly copy the tactics of the late 19'th-early 20'th century in this day and age? Eventually (as Bruce Dixon has powerfully argued) 'the' left must reach masses of people through elections -- but _first_ that "Left" must come into existence. Electoral activity at this time is utterly destructive. Do you even realize how obnoxiously arrogant that sounds? You just KNOW the only correct way for the "Left" to succeed! -raghu. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
