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Carrol Cox <[log in to unmask]>
Sun, 19 Jan 2003 12:03:57 -0600
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llevitt wrote:
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> Excu-use me? Such letters have been urged upon me by the ACLU, Social Security protection groups, pro-choice organizations, anti-war organizations, etc., etc. It's convenient and economical of busy people's time, most of which is spent trying to make ends meet. No one must use them; but they are, nonetheless, a tool used by all sides of the political spectrum. Better those, perhaps, than nothing.

Yes. Moreover, what Dobkin is urging is that no one who didn't earn an A
in freshman comp has a right to a poitical opinion. He is peddling
elitist horseshit. (And this is the first time in 37 years of left
political involvement that I have ever used the word "elitist."

But Dobkin really fits that category. For him, politics are not about
changing the world but merely expressing one's own moral and
intellectual righteousness.

Carrol Cox

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