Re: Liberal agony - how to have my cake and eat it too. Re: IsThere Still a Jewish Question? by Ellen Willis
On Nov 11, 2006, at 6:49 PM, Jesse Lemisch wrote:
The atmosphere on LBO is unbelievable. Two days after feminist Ellen Willis’s death, much discussed and disputed here, with obits in the
Times, Nation on-line, and elswhere, Steve Palmer disagrees with her views on anti-semitism (as I do), calls her “paranoid,” and “urge]s] her to
seek professional psychiatric assistance instead of laying her trip on
the Left.”From the grave? Apparently, though he is clearly some kind of a
leftist, what happens in the world of feminism is for him another world.
And, so far as I can tell, nobody on LBO has said a word about this four hours
later. What can people be thinking? If we just keep quiet, maybe that foul
Jesse won’t notice this, which seems to confirm so much of what he has been saying?
Hey it’s been a lot longer than four hours, and I’m waiting for all
that outrage from the feminist lists you promised!
I was working all afternoon, then met some people for dinner, so I
wasn’t available to police the discourse. But of course Jesse’s on
the beat, ready to denounce what he considers inappropriate. I
thought Steve Palmer’s suggestion was ill-advised, but I’m guessing
most people just let it pass, as I would have, had I noticed it 9
hours ago.
Really, Jesse, where do you park that high horse? You live in
Manhattan, so it’d probably run you $400-500/mo, unless you parked it
in Jersey, which would be impractical considering how often you mount
it. You’d be spending most of time on the GW Bridge if you did.
Chill, man. You’re not the discourse police.
Doug