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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 1305 Views
They don't. Dannymac - 01/09/2011 02:45:52 AM 868 Views
Do you have anyone besides those two? Roland00 - 01/09/2011 02:52:19 AM 841 Views
Well, he also mentioned Michael Moore Isaac - 01/09/2011 04:34:03 AM 714 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 620 Views
kucinich is moderate-left not far left moondog - 01/09/2011 04:42:49 AM 647 Views
I'm not trying to say they are mainstream left. Tom - 01/09/2011 02:39:18 PM 795 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 648 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 614 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 853 Views
"the vast majority of americans who support people like kucinich" LOL thats funny *NM* random thoughts - 01/09/2011 01:19:12 PM 303 Views
Yeah, I don't think most people support that deranged hobbit Tom - 01/09/2011 02:43:55 PM 688 Views
Tom, leave the absurdist and patently false dichotomies to trzaska. *NM* Stephen - 01/09/2011 11:43:35 AM 386 Views
Or at least add a smiley to your subject *NM* beetnemesis - 01/09/2011 12:57:45 PM 388 Views
Why does the Left support dictators? *NM* beetnemesis - 01/09/2011 12:59:19 PM 413 Views
There's nothing absurdist about it. Tom - 01/09/2011 02:40:32 PM 788 Views
That's just it... it ISN'T that obvious. Dannymac - 01/09/2011 06:46:41 PM 745 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 653 Views
Iran Great Lord of Chaos - 01/09/2011 04:06:04 PM 814 Views
Wrong religion *NM* snoopcester - 01/09/2011 07:09:24 PM 383 Views
I am going to get flamed for this...but how about Israel Roland00 - 01/09/2011 10:03:59 PM 751 Views
You should read Postwar. If you haven't already. Legolas - 01/09/2011 06:18:55 PM 869 Views
No, there is at least one more explanation snoopcester - 01/09/2011 07:05:11 PM 854 Views
Yes, anti-Americanism is a very significant part of the equation. *NM* Tom - 01/09/2011 08:02:05 PM 389 Views
Outside America, yes, definitely. He seemed to be talking about inside the US though. Legolas - 01/09/2011 08:26:27 PM 843 Views
True snoopcester - 01/09/2011 08:45:05 PM 770 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 431 Views
I was using US examples but not trying to limit myself to the US. Tom - 01/09/2011 09:57:57 PM 763 Views
I wanted to keep things confined to the present day. Tom - 01/09/2011 07:58:15 PM 640 Views
Hmm snoopcester - 01/09/2011 08:49:54 PM 684 Views
I disagree on the last point, and here's why: Tom - 01/09/2011 09:54:52 PM 805 Views
Interesting. I hadn't thought of it that way. *NM* Legolas - 01/09/2011 10:08:46 PM 380 Views
I think that does hold up to a point snoopcester - 02/09/2011 02:10:48 PM 727 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 425 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 441 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 858 Views
Of course, they are all the non-Jedi bad guys in Star Wars. Dannymac - 01/09/2011 09:10:46 PM 694 Views
Or they just see things differently. Legolas - 01/09/2011 10:15:20 PM 730 Views
But the Brits do need us, and we don't need them. Tom - 02/09/2011 06:01:10 PM 695 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 406 Views
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. aerocontrols - 02/09/2011 01:25:40 AM 842 Views
how does that work for people like Chavez and Castro? random thoughts - 02/09/2011 01:30:02 PM 786 Views
Yes, that's how it works aerocontrols - 02/09/2011 10:29:38 PM 738 Views
I think your historical argument is flawed Tom - 02/09/2011 05:57:00 PM 896 Views
Possibly aerocontrols - 02/09/2011 10:37:19 PM 823 Views
I think that something has fundamentally changed now. Tom - 02/09/2011 11:21:02 PM 681 Views
I don't find your argument very convincing. Vodalus - 06/09/2011 05:20:12 AM 964 Views
... I don't. Camilla - 06/09/2011 08:44:27 AM 768 Views
Apologies, I was sure I responded to this when you first posted the thread. Joel - 07/10/2011 05:55:27 AM 830 Views
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