Doug Henwood wrote: > > > I think it's pretty funny that Marc Cooper & David Corn wouldn't > share a podium at an antiwar demo with ANSWER, but they'll share a > masthead with thugs like these. That critique doesn't apply to you, > Max.
That Cooper & Corn have made a point of principle in not sharing a platform with an (alleged) evildoer does prohibit them from using Max's argument (he needs the money). One of Max's arguments though is twisted: "I'd rather address a hostile audience than otherwise. There are plenty of partisans talking to partisans already." The world is not divided into the hostile and the partisan. In fact combined they make up a small minority. The majority of potential listeners do not fall in either category. And Max is fooling himself if he thinks he can reach the hostile. But perhaps the blog will also have the non-hostile/non-partisan as well. Carrol
