Re: Roy Medvedev interview (on Putin)

[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you want to ignore somebody, go ahead.  Making your feelings public adds nothing.

On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 06:03:41PM +0400, "Chris Doss"  wrote:
> > Actually, Gorbachev says the same thing. So does 90% of the population.
> >
> > Gorby adores Putin.
>
> 90 percent? That cinches it. I will now have to defer to what they
> think, just as I defer customarily to what the 90th percentile of the
> American population thinks about undocumented workers, gay marriage, the Cuban revolution, etc.
>
> ---
>
> You'd better make some attempt to understand _why_ they think what they think, and know some basic facts, which you don't. Or you can continue to substitute mechanical application of categories for thought and engaging in ideological autofellation, which is of course easier and oh-so-satisfying, though it can be a pain on the back.
>
> Sorry Michael P., I will simply ignore anything this guy writes as I was doing before so as to avoid tiresome flame wars. I only accidentally saw the comment when it got quoted in someone else's post.

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