Re: "Looming war danger....(Sam Webb, CPUSA chair)

[Adam Levenstein <cleon42@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Charles Brown <CharlesB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
> ((((((((((
>
> CB: I'd say you are overanalyzing it and hurling
> insults to boot, which you don't want to get into
> with me, motherfucker.

And exactly where did I insult anyone, other than
calling his (Webb's) mistake "boneheaded" and
"stupid?"

This is not "overanalysis." He made a boo-boo, I made
a crack about it, and somebody decided that I was
missing the "brilliance" (his word, not mine) of the
speech.

> I myself don't use " our " etc. to refer to American
> stuff. But I don't expect a spokesperson for the
> CPUSA to get caught out on anti-American usage given
> the history of the House UnAmerican Activities
> Committee, etc., especially at this specific
> frantically chavinist moment.

So substituting valid analysis with "stuff people want
to hear" is ok? No dice on this end.

This is not nitpicking - this is a serious political
question. Are Webb and the CPUSA allying with
patriotism, or with the international working class?

> The obvious distinction is that the Brits were not
> "domestic" terrorists. But the political point would
> be that he is grouping , white , imperial British
> soldiers with "fanatical terroriists", which is to
> err in a progressive direction.

As opposed to the OKC bombing, which was bombed by
white ultranationalist racists? How is omitting that
"erring in a progressive direction?"


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