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m-lekktor

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30. I concur. nt

Reply to cali (Reply #27)

Thu May 28, 2015, 08:23 AM

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The Search for Heroes and Villains [View all] sheshe2 May 2015 OP

Could Not Disagree More - Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Are The Villains Of Our Age cantbeserious May 2015 #1

I keep returning to this op because it's a sharply focused example of two things: cali May 2015 #12

Corporations aren't the villain; capitalism is the villain. the OP blithely ignores some facts like KingCharlemagne May 2015 #32

HUAC delrem May 2015 #2

It's true.... MaggieD May 2015 #3

that is a gross oversimplification- just what the essay argues against. cali May 2015 #8

Nevertheless, the extremists do it MaggieD May 2015 #14

oh bollocks. Yes, there are people who are caricactures cali May 2015 #15

There you go again.... MaggieD May 2015 #16

no, maggs. denying your bullshit. that's ain't reality, maggs. cali May 2015 #17

Ah, but it is here MaggieD May 2015 #18

Is this called... yallerdawg May 2015 #20

Some folks are allergic to facts.... MaggieD May 2015 #21

feh kenfrequed May 2015 #31

K'n'R ucrdem May 2015 #4

"Narratives that oversimplify things" Warren DeMontague May 2015 #5

DU is a hell of a lesson on human nature Fumesucker May 2015 #6

there are a couple of fatal flaws in the author's argument cali May 2015 #7

I have more to add: The search for "heroes and villains" stretches back into human history cali May 2015 #9

HERO .... how about Captain America ??? trueblue2007 May 2015 #10

Just read the author's responses to comments: Nancy Letourneau is a piece of .... work cali May 2015 #11

kicking because it's that bad. And an example of right wing crap posing as liberal cali May 2015 #13

Timely observations. yallerdawg May 2015 #19

It would, yallerdog. sheshe2 May 2015 #22

gee, then why didn't you respond to this post of mine? cali May 2015 #26

You mean when she compares Dr. Cornell West TM99 May 2015 #24

The OP did nothing of the sort! leftofcool May 2015 #28

In her comments page she did. kenfrequed May 2015 #33

That was the authors comment TM99 May 2015 #34

.. PowerToThePeople May 2015 #23

exactly! m-lekktor May 2015 #25

what burns me is the hypocritical, pious calls to discuss things respectfully cali May 2015 #27

I concur. nt m-lekktor May 2015 #30

Excellent article. Made me think. leftofcool May 2015 #29

me too. what did it make you think? I wrote two detailed posts responding to the op cali May 2015 #35