[MD] Politics

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Arlo Bensinger <ajb102 at psu.edu>:

> [Arlo]
> Marxism has been discussed here often, and while I consider myself a 
> sympathetic Marxist and yet disagree with him on several points (see 
> the thread "Quality Decline" in the archives for a good overview of 
> this), you'll find that most voices here are voices of reason, even 
> those that disagree wholeheartedly with Marx. Platt stands as a 
> unique example of the talk-radio blowhard interested only in 
> ideological pontification typically through evasion, distortion and 
> distraction. When I first joined the list, several warned me upfront 
> to consider Platt "the comic book villain of the list", and to more 
> or less ignore him. I wish I had that restraint, but I find myself 
> tacking too personally the embarrassment that type of rhetoric brings 
> to us all. My Zen-Goal has been to work on that, and I have been more 
> or less succeeding, despite my recent lapse.

The usual personal attack, a sure sign of someone who has lost an argument. 

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