Comments on: Quote Of The Day http://hispanicpundit.com/2006/02/08/quote-of-the-day-181/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:06:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Richard Thomas http://hispanicpundit.com/2006/02/08/quote-of-the-day-181/#comment-83634 Richard Thomas Thu, 09 Feb 2006 20:01:12 +0000 http://hispanicpundit.com/2006/02/08/quote-of-the-day-181/#comment-83634 There is a spectre haunting Mr. Raymond, that of Karl Marx’s ghost. ;`) His article is packed with weak analysis and anecdotal evidence. Antonio Gramsci was critical of the bureaucratic centralism of Stalin and Lenin since it entailed brutal coercion. Mr. Raymond appears to believe that there is a monolithic “pervasive ‘wacko leftism” out there and fails to consider that leftists range from socialists, Marxists, anarchists, and libertarians and that each of these categories have different strands. While Mr. Raymond has a right to consider what is of value (capitalism) and not (“multiculturalism, postmodernism, and "world system" theory), his criticism of those to whom he disagrees with is superficial. For example, leftists like Slovoj Zizek and Henry Louis Gates have criticized multiculturalism and others like Frederic Jameson and David Harvey have criticized postmodernism. And Mr. Raymond fails to acknowledge that there is a conservative postmodernism. If capital apologists like Mr. Raymond are afraid of criticism by some wooly sweater wearing academics, they may need to re-think their positions. There is a spectre haunting Mr. Raymond, that of Karl Marx’s ghost. ;`)

His article is packed with weak analysis and anecdotal evidence.

Antonio Gramsci was critical of the bureaucratic centralism of Stalin and Lenin since it entailed brutal coercion.

Mr. Raymond appears to believe that there is a monolithic “pervasive ‘wacko leftism” out there and fails to consider that leftists range from socialists, Marxists, anarchists, and libertarians and that each of these categories have different strands.

While Mr. Raymond has a right to consider what is of value (capitalism) and not (“multiculturalism, postmodernism, and “world system” theory), his criticism of those to whom he disagrees with is superficial. For example, leftists like Slovoj Zizek and Henry Louis Gates have criticized multiculturalism and others like Frederic Jameson and David Harvey have criticized postmodernism. And Mr. Raymond fails to acknowledge that there is a conservative postmodernism.

If capital apologists like Mr. Raymond are afraid of criticism by some wooly sweater wearing academics, they may need to re-think their positions.

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