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Re: Hatlen on Wei
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Daniel Pearlman <[log in to unmask]>
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- Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 13 Aug 2000 02:46:16 -0400
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Carrol is right that there is no true Left in this country.
It should disturb us all that the Right can resort to a pretty
well-formed ideology, while the "Left" can do little more than
inarticulately sputter in reply.

==Dan

At 11:05 PM 8/12/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Leon Surette wrote:
>
>>  To
>> me the "left" means socialism. Perhaps my usage is idiosyncratic.
>
>Political language in the U.S. is as flabby as a day-old Big Mac. When there
>*is* a left, "Left" means socialism. But while there are leftists in the U.S.
>there is no "Left." How can there be when the word is used to describe
>anti-labor war criminals such as Gore and Clinton.
>
>Carrol
>
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