Re: [Marxism] Obama concedes remarks were ill chosen

["Ruthless Critic of All that Exists" <ok.president+marxml@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 8:14 AM, Jeffrey Thomas Piercy, El Pato
Comunista <mqduck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ruthless Critic of All that Exists wrote:
>
>  >>  "It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or
>  >>  religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant
>  >>  sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their 
> frustrations."
>
>  > Obama is toast now.
>
>  I don't know about that.
>
>  Gun people won't like it, but he didn't imply anything about guns being
>  harmful to society or that they shouldn't be had. I find it hard to
>  believe this would change anyone's vote.

The problem is not with the content of what he said, but with the
tone. The condescending tone.

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