Goodbye to All That (англ.)
Oct. 9th, 2002 11:46 pmИнтересная статья американского журналиста Рона Розенбаума о том, почему он, лично покидает ряды американской левой. Разбор нескольких типичных примеров лево-радикального фанатизма в сегодняшней Америке. И в заключение, перефразировка Сегала --
I guess today, Left means never having to say you’re sorry.
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Date: 2002-10-09 06:59 pm (UTC)Of course not. One thing is that the main bulk of the Left is moving; another thing is that the border between the Left and the Right is moving. Plus, there are many issues that each side has strong opinions on, and a person whose opinions differ on some issues (and who is independent enough to not feel a need to follow the party line) may prefer to stay unaffilliated. Even while feeling sympathetic to one side more than the other.