[CIMC-work] Re: Imc-chicago-working Digest, Vol 5, Issue 16

[Thomas Westgard]

Sorry, I just sent a dummy reply to the list.

What I meant to write was that several different messages I read from
yesterday seemed connected in a somewhat obscure way.  On the one hand you
have an observation that the more distant ends of "right wing" and "left
wing" have an odd way of intersecting from time to time.  One simple
observation is perhaps that these (literally) one-dimensional labels don't
actually do much in terms of useful description.  I'm sure this isn't novel
to most of you.

But then there's the comment about some mainstream corporate media suit
complaining that somebody else's news wasn't "objective."  Here's another
dimension that does something to explain how Birchers and Commies (to make
it as extreme as possible) end up holding the same views on a particular
issue:  Neither one accepts the proposition that profitable business is the
greatest aspiration our political activities can have, a common perspective
in the world of large business enterprise.

It seems to me that the "enemy" we are (or should) all be fighting is apathy
and ignorance.  I'm not a "jesus freak," but anyone who feels strongly
enough to be an activist carrying a sign saying "No King But Jesus" gets my
support and sympathy over anyone who stayed home to watch some goddamn
Hollywood gossip show on TV.

Just a thought about where that sort of prejudice leads.