[Peace-discuss] The Nation betrayed

[C. G. Estabrook]

How about "right-wing warmongering Zionist nutjobs"?

Or maybe just "Democrats"?


John W. wrote:
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> On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 3:22 PM, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu 
> <mailto:galliher at illinois.edu>> wrote:
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> That's Henwood's word, but I agree. Have you read what she's written and
> think we're wrong?  --CGE
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> I hear her on Bill Moyers' show all the time, and think she's right most of
> the time.
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> Even if you disagree with certain of Lacewell's positions, "execrable" is
> about 50,000 times too harsh a term.  It loses all meaning when bandied about
> so cavalierly.  What term, then, do you use for some of these right-wing
> warmongering Zionist nutjobs whom you love to hate?
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> John W. wrote:
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> So now Melissa Harris-Lacewell is "execrable", Carl?  I daresay reasonable 
> minds might disagree.
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> On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 11:16 AM, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu
> <mailto:galliher at illinois.edu> <mailto:galliher at illinois.edu
> <mailto:galliher at illinois.edu>>> wrote:
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> The Nation magazine has moved steadily to "the center" from an earlier 
> left-liberal position for some years now. They embraced neo-liberalism in the
>  days of Bill Clinton (delicately referred to as a "DLC Democrat"), and some 
> of us condemned them for doing it.
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> But it keeps getting worse. As Doug Henwood of the excellent Left Business 
> Observer points out, now not only has The Nation "given a column to the 
> execrable Melissa Harris-Lacewell, they've cut Alexander Cockburn back to 
> once a month ... These moves together have the net effect of moving the 
> magazine to the right and reducing the quantity of stylish prose close to 
> zero."
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> With The Progressive joining the Israel Lobby in its condemnation of Norman 
> Finkelstein, the current mode of official liberalism in the US continues on 
> its regime-supporting way, providing only token opposition ("We have free 
> speech!") as the Democrats (and the Republicans) move ever further right. 
> Toadies.
> 
> --CGE
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> 

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