tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069576.post859211872227356493..comments2023-10-08T08:37:34.499-07:00Comments on All Intensive Purposes: More Klein.t.s.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02474050291507723178noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069576.post-23942783308541708932007-01-09T15:17:00.000-08:002007-01-09T15:17:00.000-08:00But let me add that I'm not "scapegoating." And I...But let me add that I'm not "scapegoating." And I don't suppose Klein is, either. I think Klein is dumping this charge on lefties to marginalize them, and to make himself look more reasonable.t.s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02474050291507723178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069576.post-33692639271226559002007-01-09T15:10:00.000-08:002007-01-09T15:10:00.000-08:00That's fair. I've read some Chomsky, but it's bee...That's fair. I've read some Chomsky, but it's been a while and I'm not at all sure that he'd go there. I'm not sure that there's anyone who "hates Bush" so much that they want to see the United States lose on the battlefield. Though I should say that I'm not sure what "Bush hatred" would look like, as I use those words, but thanks to the NRO I've been reminded that Jonathan Chait wrote about hating Bush a few years back, so I think other people use those words more loosely than I do. <br /><br />I think as one moves farther towards the left fringe, one finds people who identify more strongly with universal moral norms than they do as Americans, and who think it would be best all around if America lost on the battlefield, even if not in America's national interest. That's not Bush hatred, though those folks may hate Bush.t.s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02474050291507723178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11069576.post-76356281740849250112007-01-09T12:51:00.000-08:002007-01-09T12:51:00.000-08:00>Setting aside the Chomsky fringe, are there any l...>Setting aside the Chomsky fringe, are there any lefties who...hate Bush more than they love their country, and presumptively want the United States to lose on the battlefield if that's what it takes to prove Bush wrong[?]<br /><br />Could you give examples from Chomsky or his admirers of this viewpoint? If not, it seems like you're doing the same thing Klein is, except your scapegoat is Chomsky instead of "the lefties".Jay Goldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12513564052807918588noreply@blogger.com