Matt Taibbi has written a piece for Adbusters, from the left, about how the left, essentially, sucks. As with just about all things Taibbi, I agree with much of it and vehemently disagree with much else.- I'm not nearly as ashamed of being liberal as he is, and it appears from the last year's events that liberalism in America is on the ascendance. But regardless, there's no arguing with this:
We all know where this stuff comes from. Anyone who’s ever been to a lefty political meeting knows the deal – the problem is the “spirit of inclusiveness” stretched to the limits of absurdity. The post-sixties dogma that everyone’s viewpoint is legitimate, everyone‘s choice about anything (lifestyle, gender, ethnicity, even class) is valid, that’s now so totally ingrained that at every single meeting, every time some yutz gets up and starts rambling about anything, no matter how ridiculous, no one ever tells him to shut the fuck up. Next thing you know, you’ve got guys on stilts wearing mime makeup and Cat-in-the-Hat striped top-hats leading a half-million people at an anti-war rally. Why is that guy there? Because no one told him that war is a matter of life and death and that he should leave his fucking stilts at home.Worth a read for sure. Posted by Stephen Silver at June 18, 2007 09:55 PM
I enjoyed being an Adbusters subscriber until they started publishing stuff about how they hated Israel and how all neocons were dirty Jews... anyhoo... the article reminds me of a fantastic book by the late William Henry III -- In Defense of Elitism. Also "worth a read for sure."
Posted by: jabbett at June 19, 2007 09:16 PM