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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 1339 Views
They don't. Dannymac - 01/09/2011 02:45:52 AM 899 Views
Do you have anyone besides those two? Roland00 - 01/09/2011 02:52:19 AM 877 Views
Well, he also mentioned Michael Moore Isaac - 01/09/2011 04:34:03 AM 748 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 653 Views
kucinich is moderate-left not far left moondog - 01/09/2011 04:42:49 AM 688 Views
I'm not trying to say they are mainstream left. Tom - 01/09/2011 02:39:18 PM 831 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 687 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 646 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 885 Views
"the vast majority of americans who support people like kucinich" LOL thats funny *NM* random thoughts - 01/09/2011 01:19:12 PM 319 Views
Yeah, I don't think most people support that deranged hobbit Tom - 01/09/2011 02:43:55 PM 718 Views
Tom, leave the absurdist and patently false dichotomies to trzaska. *NM* Stephen - 01/09/2011 11:43:35 AM 404 Views
Or at least add a smiley to your subject *NM* beetnemesis - 01/09/2011 12:57:45 PM 406 Views
Why does the Left support dictators? *NM* beetnemesis - 01/09/2011 12:59:19 PM 430 Views
There's nothing absurdist about it. Tom - 01/09/2011 02:40:32 PM 819 Views
That's just it... it ISN'T that obvious. Dannymac - 01/09/2011 06:46:41 PM 781 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 687 Views
Iran Great Lord of Chaos - 01/09/2011 04:06:04 PM 850 Views
Wrong religion *NM* snoopcester - 01/09/2011 07:09:24 PM 401 Views
I am going to get flamed for this...but how about Israel Roland00 - 01/09/2011 10:03:59 PM 789 Views
You should read Postwar. If you haven't already. Legolas - 01/09/2011 06:18:55 PM 909 Views
No, there is at least one more explanation snoopcester - 01/09/2011 07:05:11 PM 891 Views
Yes, anti-Americanism is a very significant part of the equation. *NM* Tom - 01/09/2011 08:02:05 PM 409 Views
Outside America, yes, definitely. He seemed to be talking about inside the US though. Legolas - 01/09/2011 08:26:27 PM 884 Views
True snoopcester - 01/09/2011 08:45:05 PM 802 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 447 Views
I was using US examples but not trying to limit myself to the US. Tom - 01/09/2011 09:57:57 PM 802 Views
I wanted to keep things confined to the present day. Tom - 01/09/2011 07:58:15 PM 674 Views
Hmm snoopcester - 01/09/2011 08:49:54 PM 715 Views
I disagree on the last point, and here's why: Tom - 01/09/2011 09:54:52 PM 839 Views
Interesting. I hadn't thought of it that way. *NM* Legolas - 01/09/2011 10:08:46 PM 402 Views
I think that does hold up to a point snoopcester - 02/09/2011 02:10:48 PM 767 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 442 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 457 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 898 Views
Of course, they are all the non-Jedi bad guys in Star Wars. Dannymac - 01/09/2011 09:10:46 PM 724 Views
Or they just see things differently. Legolas - 01/09/2011 10:15:20 PM 760 Views
But the Brits do need us, and we don't need them. Tom - 02/09/2011 06:01:10 PM 730 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 422 Views
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. aerocontrols - 02/09/2011 01:25:40 AM 879 Views
how does that work for people like Chavez and Castro? random thoughts - 02/09/2011 01:30:02 PM 822 Views
Yes, that's how it works aerocontrols - 02/09/2011 10:29:38 PM 773 Views
I think your historical argument is flawed Tom - 02/09/2011 05:57:00 PM 928 Views
Possibly aerocontrols - 02/09/2011 10:37:19 PM 860 Views
I think that something has fundamentally changed now. Tom - 02/09/2011 11:21:02 PM 716 Views
I don't find your argument very convincing. Vodalus - 06/09/2011 05:20:12 AM 999 Views
... I don't. Camilla - 06/09/2011 08:44:27 AM 802 Views
Apologies, I was sure I responded to this when you first posted the thread. Joel - 07/10/2011 05:55:27 AM 861 Views
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