A good two cents. Here's some good things about the Sixties: The Civil Rights Acts. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Otis Redding. A broader and more inclusive public space. Some great outdoor parties. A sense (albeit illusory) that we were becoming a community. TODD JONES wrote: > Gees People! > > The sixties produced a lot of important vital ideas and a lot of wacky > ones. I should think anyone interested in sixties culture would be > interested in helping defend the good ideas and becoming clear about what > was wrong with the bad ideas. Horowitz is full of arguments attacking all > kinds of sixties ideas. People who think the things Horowitz attacks are > important and defensible can surely benefit by carefully formulating a > defense (as Jeffrey Blankford recently did). > Surely discussions are more interesting if all the parties involved arent > already in agreement about everything. > > Just my two cents worth. > > Todd Jones > > On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, ARON KAY wrote: > > > as far as i am concerned, horowitz doesnt deserve any chump change for > > his rants against the revolution........his "community" of yahoos need > > to be awakened to the truth.......this mnan is nothinbg but a quisling > > > > > > > > David Horowitz wrote: > > > > > > Spoken lilke a true Stalinist Marty. If were still on the left I would have an > > > academic sinecure for six figures, courtesty of my political comrades, and would > > > waltz into campuses collecting five figure fees (how many speeches do you think > > > say a Communist hack like Angela Davis gives in a year at $25,000 a pop?) Or some > > > Hollywood halfwit named Greenwald would be doing my biopic. Of course there are > > > leftwing losers (maybe we should call them "idealists") who are still doing it on > > > a volunteer basis. Just for the record, not that you would care, I am supported > > > by 40,000 contributors across the United States, many of them no better-heeled > > > than you. I like to think of it as a movement. Just for old times' sake. > > > > > > Marty Jezer wrote: > > > > > > > Moderator: > > > > I've pretty much stayed out of the bashing Horowitz stuff, but enough is > > > > enough. > > > > Horowitz is paid by right-wing foundations to attack the left. It's his > > > > job to attack, > > > > disrupt and harass radicals. The rest of us are doing this on our spare > > > > time because > > > > the subject interests us. I'm certainly not against controversy, but it > > > > should be honest. > > > > Howorwitz is not an honest contributor. He's a paid agitator. > > > > > > > > In the interst of full disclosure, Horowitz ought to tell us which > > > > foundations he's flacking for, and how much they give him. > > > > > > > > Marty > > > > > > > > At 11:45 AM 9/23/2000 -0700, you wrote: > > > > >Well, the Sixties wasn't just about sex, drugs and rock and roll, and that's > > > > >not > > > > >what the American public thinks. It was also about sappy involvement > > > > ......... > > > > -- > > ARON KAY (718-504-7052 ext.100) > > Visit me at http://www.pieman.org > > Visit http://www.acidtrip.com > > CHECK OUT THE RUDY HORROR PICTURE SHOW > > FEATURING ROTORUDY GIULIANI TOILET PAPER > > (http://www.pieman.org/rottenrudy.htm) > >
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