tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post4841415295867773544..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: You say you want a revolution?Nancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-23700608670928677942014-05-09T03:43:48.525-05:002014-05-09T03:43:48.525-05:00"What often rises from the revolution Lapham ..."What often rises from the revolution Lapham is describing is not a "phoenix," but fascism." Bingo. <br /><br />And the Koch-sponsored fascists are ready to step up while the left runs around like chickens with their heads cut off. <br /><br />Though I wonder why these "brilliant minds" of the emo-left never thought about "revolution" while Dubya had the wrecking ball out. These people make me ill. The little Robespierres might like to contemplate their own heads on a pike before making proclamations from their keyboards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-20180216152335336142014-05-09T03:35:08.538-05:002014-05-09T03:35:08.538-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-86316327725611276212014-05-07T16:57:20.878-05:002014-05-07T16:57:20.878-05:00I quit reading Salon several months ago and Digby ...I quit reading Salon several months ago and Digby years before that. She is very overrated and quite insular in her writing and analysis. Kathleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-53308859640742302912014-05-07T15:43:06.558-05:002014-05-07T15:43:06.558-05:00You would think that someone with the historical a...You would think that someone with the historical awareness of Lewis Lapham and Thomas Frank would know better than to bandy about words like "revolution." Evidence from revolutions in large countries like France, Russia and China shows us that well meaning, but unarmed parlor revolutionaries (or maybe we should call them "Keyboard Mensheviks") like these two are the first to go when small groups of ruthless and armed professional revolutionaries take advantage of breakdowns in social and political order. Mao said that revolution is not a tea party, but Frank and Lapham seem to be salivating about how good their crumpets will taste.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-68786402543666872782014-05-07T13:14:29.754-05:002014-05-07T13:14:29.754-05:00Sorry. I meant Frank, not Franks. Wrong spelling...Sorry. I meant Frank, not Franks. Wrong spelling, same asshole.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-24607861734972500252014-05-07T13:12:45.863-05:002014-05-07T13:12:45.863-05:00Franks+Digby writing for Salon+Greenwald building ...Franks+Digby writing for Salon+Greenwald building his emo base there is why I stopped reading Salon years ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-40512086915222616102014-05-07T11:52:18.017-05:002014-05-07T11:52:18.017-05:00Don't get me started. I expect anti-government...Don't get me started. I expect anti-government rants from tea-partiers and libertarians. But when I start hearing liberals using similar arguments about how government can't be trusted I have to restrain myself from lashing out.Chris Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18139817527808942227noreply@blogger.com