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To: frankw1900 who wrote (47034)	5/26/2004 3:23:40 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (2) of 793948

Interesting post, Frank. What conservatives call 'cultural marxism' is what they see as application of the form of the romantic argument about "class inequality" to gender, race, etc. They think it's a sign of vapidly uncritical thinking. A bit of disagreement. I don't see Marxism as a form of a "romantic argument" even if one puts its roots in Hegelian idealism rather than Marx's own claim to have turned same on its head. The class inequality stuff was pretty hard headed. So, why call it "romantic"? As for some conservatives using the term cultural Marxism to describe their opponents, I really only see it as inadmissable McCarthyism. If they don't like feminism, fine, argue with feminism. If they don't like the civil rights movement, argue with it. If they don't like the gay rights movement, fine, argue with it. But the conservatives who use this strategy, such as Lind, are simply trying to use the age old political gambit of smear tactics.

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