tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post3885547246608055928..comments2023-10-20T05:51:51.625-04:00Comments on The THINK 3 INSTITUTE: The opposite of hopeSamuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-54694891221856927402013-06-21T22:09:30.292-04:002013-06-21T22:09:30.292-04:00I, for one, would be happy to volunteer to be an a...I, for one, would be happy to volunteer to be an aggressive, confrontational leftist. Should Mr. Frank ever happen to read this blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-44518580173010383282013-06-21T14:22:45.841-04:002013-06-21T14:22:45.841-04:00Frank often expresses scorn for academic leftists,...Frank often expresses scorn for academic leftists, especially those who think "cultural studies" can subvert the system, but as someone who's spent most of his life as an author, editor or publisher, it may be a fair hit to question his current contact with the working class. He may also have seen too many working-class people voting Republican against their own interests (see his <i>What's the Matter with Kansas?</i>)to have much confidence in the poor. <br /><br />Also, I don't know how much he's thought about what a real leftist counterpart to the modern Republican right would look or sound like, apart from his own indignant snark. Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-46827939285706177202013-06-20T15:58:21.524-04:002013-06-20T15:58:21.524-04:00If Mr. Frank isn't seeing an aggressive, confr...If Mr. Frank isn't seeing an aggressive, confrontational left it is quite simply that he isn't looking in the right place. Apparently he's another leftist who spews about the left being the "people's movement" while completely disregarding anyone who isn't a published, college educated somebody.<br /><br />There are plenty of leftists who would love a public forum from which to be aggressive and confrontational but they lack an equal opportunity due to the "established" left monopolizing corporate-sponsored media.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com