Re: Bush - dolt or ordinary criminal?

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

Michael Hoover wrote:

> tone doesn't always travel well in this medium, my comment was directed
> at use of 'stalinist' in relation to concept of 'quantity into quality',
> while some marxism (various elements to various degrees) became
> ossified, i don't understand purpose/function of reference to
> 'stalinist' in above sentence (does it make concept a canard or was
> person using term as toss-off remark)...

It was Slavoj Zizek being playful, poking fun at the categorizers who
call him a "Stalinist" for admiring Lenin, for finding the Soviet
experience not totally worthless, etc. They call him a Eurocentrist
too.

Doug