Short version: Howe was lonely socialist in 1950s, initially welcomed New Left but quickly became "you kids get off my lawn!"
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They just don't know how to politic correctly
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No! I disagree with FBD but he's vastly superior to Horowtiz. Howe is a fair comparison.
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New Left excessive in some ways, but much more noble than today's nasty twitter left. And Freddie is more intellectually honest than Howe.
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You need to go on
@CHAPOTRAPHOUSE and define "Dirtbag Left." I'll get the popcorn.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Meanwhile, this is what preening shit-stirrer Jeet really thinks of the dirtbag left, which he considered insufficiently anti-Trumppic.twitter.com/6JWZeOQr29
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I do think the whole sneering cynicism of the scene turns people off, it did for me initially. Their needs to be a place for sincerity
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and earnestness in any movement. And it feels at times that they're just laughing at anyone who has the temerity to publicly give a shit.
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You have a preternaturally reasonable take on all this, Freddie.
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Of course. Endemic to the topic. But noted, you have an excellent grip on the phenomena in question here. Better than I've seen elsewhere.
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