RE: leftism LITE

My two cents: yes it was strong, but I think we should ignore the ad 
hominem attacks,
especially since no names were mentioned, and simply focus on the point 
being made.

The point has validity: how easy it is to talk about violence.  The only 
problem I
have is that it may be that some subscribers, including those who believe 
violence is
a good strategy or is unavoidable,  have in fact experienced political 
violence first
hand.  Or, for example, three of my colleagues in grad school (my 
department actively
recruited from the periphery), had been members of revolutionary armies and 
had lived
in the jungles in  Latin America and Southeast Asia.  I recall one person 
who just
would not about the experience.  Such persons may be subscribers now.

>Ed,
>
>The post was offensive in its use of psychological ad hominem. Reducing
>contributions to this list as expressions of our animal desires for cheap
>eroticism is extremely vulgar. Coupling this post with the post that used
>the hyperbole of having a submachine gun pointed at me, all I see from
>this individual is crude propaganda technique. We would get a lot further
>in our discussions if we would avoid resorting to fallacious strategies.
>
>Sincerely,
>Andy Austin