I haven't spoken here much but I find myself once again really
interested in the positions being taken in the following post
more than anything else. They are very familiar positions.
I guess I wonder where the idea that other folks have to speak to
someones criticism "honest and forthright" as opposed to what
"dishonest and hidden" comes from and is rooted in historically.
Laura
On 09/23/00 18:09:06 you wrote:
>
>joe brennan: Foucault warns us about polemicists who are more
concerned with
>ad hominem than with finding a space for all to speak. I don't see
any
>attempt to answer an honest and forthright criticism in your below
post. How
>exactly is your attack of Cheney different than the actions of right
>wingers "who make a living attacking intellectuals?" I mean, besides
the
>"obvious" fact that you are right...
>
>Todd Comer
interested in the positions being taken in the following post
more than anything else. They are very familiar positions.
I guess I wonder where the idea that other folks have to speak to
someones criticism "honest and forthright" as opposed to what
"dishonest and hidden" comes from and is rooted in historically.
Laura
On 09/23/00 18:09:06 you wrote:
>
>joe brennan: Foucault warns us about polemicists who are more
concerned with
>ad hominem than with finding a space for all to speak. I don't see
any
>attempt to answer an honest and forthright criticism in your below
post. How
>exactly is your attack of Cheney different than the actions of right
>wingers "who make a living attacking intellectuals?" I mean, besides
the
>"obvious" fact that you are right...
>
>Todd Comer