[Peace-discuss] Chomsky: We shouldn't ridicule TeaParty Protesters (but what are they saying?)

[Laurie Solomon]

God is in the generalities; but the Devil is in the details.  God always 
reveals itself because it presents low substance slogans; the Devil is 
always the invisible one because it presents the factually controversial 
specifics and particulars.  The point is that everyone talks about the 
generalities, the slogans, the catch phrases; but no one ever holds anyone's 
foot to the fire regarding the details and specifics which underlies the 
generalities.  Thus, conversations are rarely productive.

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From: "Stuart Levy" <slevy at ncsa.uiuc.edu>
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 10:25 AM
To: "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at illinois.edu>
Cc: "peace discuss" <Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Chomsky: We shouldn't ridicule TeaPartyProtesters(but what are they saying?)

> On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 09:55:52PM -0500, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWs6g3L3fkU&feature=player_embedded
>
> Right.  We shouldn't simply ridicule them ("point and laugh").
> But neither should we give them a pass when they spout nonsense.
>
> With all the fooferaw about catching the Mayor doing that,
> nobody here has talked about any other topic that came up at
> Thursday's Champaign Tea Party.  Did no one from this list attend?
>
> For that matter, neither did the well-illustrated Daily Illini article.
> It mentions their "conservative" points of view and their support of 
> "patriotism".
> It quotes an organizer as explaining that the Tea Party is not a party
> and doesn't intend to align with one, but will take good ideas from
> whoever has them.  OK fine.
>
> It has one platform sentence: they support fiscal transparency,
> political accountability, and reducing spending.   The first two are
> apple pie -- supporting them conveys no information.  The last might,
> but as always the question is, what kind of spending would they like to 
> reduce?
> And what do they ("they") see the role of goverment to be?
>
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