Re: Invective

[Carl Remick <carlremick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: "David B. Shemano" <dshemano@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Louis Proyect cites George Galloway:
>
> >> Before the hearing began, the Respect MP for Bethnal Green and Bow even
> had
> >> some scorn left over to bestow generously upon the pro-war writer
> >> Christopher Hitchens. "You're a drink-soaked former Trotskyist
> popinjay,"
> >> Mr Galloway in formed him....
>
> Is calling somebody a former Trotskyist an effective rejoinder in Lefty
> circles?  Is a former Trotskyist better or worse than being a Trotskyist?
> Doesn't such a statement identify the speaker as an unrequited Stalinist
> (not that there is anyting wrong with that).

Whatever.  I'd say the operative word in Galloway's remark is "popinjay."

Carl