tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post6874622334494716782..comments2023-10-24T11:03:41.388-05:00Comments on ladypoverty: A short note for progressives on the internetJ.R. Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09076895859826581960noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-37677803160415778202010-06-10T11:32:10.946-05:002010-06-10T11:32:10.946-05:00zunguzungu,
You're totally right. I think th...zunguzungu,<br /><br />You're totally right. I think the problem with this post is that it doesn't emphasize the importance of making these determinations for yourself, based on your own circumstances. Whoever you read, you just have to bear their relation to the subject in mind.JRBhttp://ladypoverty.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-30652763271868162602010-06-10T10:59:51.875-05:002010-06-10T10:59:51.875-05:00I like this post because it made me think, but I d...I like this post because it made me think, but I don't know... The thing about Israel-Palestine is that because the US props up Israel to the extent that it does, it actually matters a lot that people whose beat isn't "the middle east" are now for the first time speaking out against Israel's actions. And while you're right that there are plenty of people whose expertise is more to be trusted than Greenwald's on this issue -- the point about not going to him for scoops is well taken -- the vast majority of Americans whose tax dollars are going to buy Israeli helicopters and stuff are not interested in any way in the middle east. They're never going to read the Angry Arab's blog. But they might read Greenwald's. And Greenwald writes for that audience in a way the Angry Arab doesn't; he writes for people who are ignorant enough not to know the history, but smart enough (a few of them) to be able to start to get a bit of that history starting today. The house of historical memory has many doors, you know?zunguzunguhttp://zunguzungu.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-3503458917287192602010-06-01T17:54:00.984-05:002010-06-01T17:54:00.984-05:00Just to be clear, I should also say that you aren&...Just to be clear, I should also say that <i>you</i> aren't under any obligation to particularly care what <i>I</i> think about commentators that you may have your own reasons for liking or disliking. <br /><br />Here I merely state my preference, based on my own reasoning, in the hope that it illustrates a process of evaluation that may be helpful for people when making their own choices, and that is based on something other than uncritical acceptance of whoever speaks with the loudest voice.JRBhttp://ladypoverty.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-78895955333367455992010-06-01T13:19:17.427-05:002010-06-01T13:19:17.427-05:00I would never say Greenwald shouldn't comment ...I would never say Greenwald shouldn't comment on particular topics. People should comment on whatever they want. But we have to think about whether a particular perspective deserves to preferenced over others on any particular issue, or accepted without comparison, and so on. That's <i>our</i> job, as people who think.JRBhttp://ladypoverty.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-28925606731554426402010-06-01T12:35:52.028-05:002010-06-01T12:35:52.028-05:00Is Isreal the only topic you feel that Greenwald s...Is Isreal the only topic you feel that Greenwald shouldn't comment on? Any others? Any topics that you think his commentary is particularly valid?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-74453563663209084422010-05-31T20:05:38.870-05:002010-05-31T20:05:38.870-05:00He's spoken against Israel before. Perhaps he ...He's spoken against Israel before. Perhaps he meant "Just as we thought it couldn't get any worse."?Jennynoreply@blogger.com