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You should read Postwar. If you haven't already. Legolas Send a noteboard - 01/09/2011 06:18:55 PM
This - or rather, the far worse version of the same phenomenon in which rather a lot of European intellectuals supported Lenin, Stalin or Mao beyond all reason - is dealt with at length in that book.

Of course, as irrational as supporting Mao back in the seventies or eighties was, it still makes more sense than supporting Qaddafi, who isn't following communism or any other fleshed-out ideology, but just does whatever the hell he feels like. For that one the only explanation is the anti-war ideas being taken a few bridges too far.
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Why does the Left support dictators? Tom - 01/09/2011 02:37:25 AM 1322 Views
They don't. Dannymac - 01/09/2011 02:45:52 AM 884 Views
Do you have anyone besides those two? Roland00 - 01/09/2011 02:52:19 AM 857 Views
Well, he also mentioned Michael Moore Isaac - 01/09/2011 04:34:03 AM 731 Views
I ususally do not respond to threads like this, for many threads like this are done by unreasonable Roland00 - 01/09/2011 12:21:10 PM 638 Views
kucinich is moderate-left not far left moondog - 01/09/2011 04:42:49 AM 665 Views
I'm not trying to say they are mainstream left. Tom - 01/09/2011 02:39:18 PM 816 Views
I would agree currently that is true (if you are talking fringe left vs fringe right) Roland00 - 01/09/2011 03:59:45 PM 663 Views
As I mentioned in my reply to Legolas, 40 or 50 years ago it was mutual hypocrisy. Tom - 01/09/2011 08:01:23 PM 634 Views
don't confuse the far left with the vast majority of americans who support people like kucinich moondog - 01/09/2011 04:53:14 AM 869 Views
"the vast majority of americans who support people like kucinich" LOL thats funny *NM* random thoughts - 01/09/2011 01:19:12 PM 311 Views
Yeah, I don't think most people support that deranged hobbit Tom - 01/09/2011 02:43:55 PM 699 Views
Tom, leave the absurdist and patently false dichotomies to trzaska. *NM* Stephen - 01/09/2011 11:43:35 AM 394 Views
Or at least add a smiley to your subject *NM* beetnemesis - 01/09/2011 12:57:45 PM 398 Views
Why does the Left support dictators? *NM* beetnemesis - 01/09/2011 12:59:19 PM 421 Views
There's nothing absurdist about it. Tom - 01/09/2011 02:40:32 PM 805 Views
That's just it... it ISN'T that obvious. Dannymac - 01/09/2011 06:46:41 PM 765 Views
Because there aren't any good right wing oppressive regimes for the Right to get behind these days? snoopcester - 01/09/2011 12:53:32 PM 670 Views
Iran Great Lord of Chaos - 01/09/2011 04:06:04 PM 833 Views
Wrong religion *NM* snoopcester - 01/09/2011 07:09:24 PM 394 Views
I am going to get flamed for this...but how about Israel Roland00 - 01/09/2011 10:03:59 PM 770 Views
You should read Postwar. If you haven't already. Legolas - 01/09/2011 06:18:55 PM 890 Views
No, there is at least one more explanation snoopcester - 01/09/2011 07:05:11 PM 875 Views
Yes, anti-Americanism is a very significant part of the equation. *NM* Tom - 01/09/2011 08:02:05 PM 397 Views
Outside America, yes, definitely. He seemed to be talking about inside the US though. Legolas - 01/09/2011 08:26:27 PM 861 Views
True snoopcester - 01/09/2011 08:45:05 PM 787 Views
well anti-Americanism runs about as strong in the American left as it does in European left *NM* random thoughts - 01/09/2011 08:51:34 PM 439 Views
I was using US examples but not trying to limit myself to the US. Tom - 01/09/2011 09:57:57 PM 786 Views
I wanted to keep things confined to the present day. Tom - 01/09/2011 07:58:15 PM 658 Views
Hmm snoopcester - 01/09/2011 08:49:54 PM 702 Views
I disagree on the last point, and here's why: Tom - 01/09/2011 09:54:52 PM 822 Views
Interesting. I hadn't thought of it that way. *NM* Legolas - 01/09/2011 10:08:46 PM 391 Views
I think that does hold up to a point snoopcester - 02/09/2011 02:10:48 PM 752 Views
when you combine that with America's pro-British stance it explains why the Brits seem conflicted *NM* random thoughts - 01/09/2011 07:51:41 PM 435 Views
America has a pro-British stance? I'm thinking that'd be news to most Brits. *NM* Legolas - 01/09/2011 08:27:33 PM 450 Views
Well like most things the Brits think they know about the US they would be wrong random thoughts - 01/09/2011 08:48:47 PM 878 Views
Of course, they are all the non-Jedi bad guys in Star Wars. Dannymac - 01/09/2011 09:10:46 PM 711 Views
Or they just see things differently. Legolas - 01/09/2011 10:15:20 PM 748 Views
But the Brits do need us, and we don't need them. Tom - 02/09/2011 06:01:10 PM 714 Views
Of course it's obvious. That doesn't mean they have to like it, or can't resent it. *NM* Legolas - 02/09/2011 06:14:37 PM 413 Views
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. aerocontrols - 02/09/2011 01:25:40 AM 862 Views
how does that work for people like Chavez and Castro? random thoughts - 02/09/2011 01:30:02 PM 805 Views
Yes, that's how it works aerocontrols - 02/09/2011 10:29:38 PM 757 Views
I think your historical argument is flawed Tom - 02/09/2011 05:57:00 PM 912 Views
Possibly aerocontrols - 02/09/2011 10:37:19 PM 841 Views
I think that something has fundamentally changed now. Tom - 02/09/2011 11:21:02 PM 702 Views
I don't find your argument very convincing. Vodalus - 06/09/2011 05:20:12 AM 978 Views
... I don't. Camilla - 06/09/2011 08:44:27 AM 787 Views
Apologies, I was sure I responded to this when you first posted the thread. Joel - 07/10/2011 05:55:27 AM 846 Views
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