Re: pen-l masochism revisited

["Devine, James" <jdevine@xxxxxxx>]

Title: RE: [PEN-L] pen-l masochism revisited

Doug Henwood wrote:
> Wal-Mart loves free trade in imports. Who is this "United States,"
anyway?

Carrol:
This is the exact question I have been asking Doug for many years in
respect to "The Left" as an object of criticism, and to which he has
never given any answer whatever.

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the Left is like pornography. It can't be defined, but you know it when you see it.

Seriously, the "Left" can't really be defined because the idea of a single left/right political spectrum is bogus beyond the level of cocktail-party conversation. Unfortunately, much of pen-l discussion is precisely at that latter level.

Or maybe we could say that the Left is in the process of defining itself, which might involve getting a new name.

Jim