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From: hom@hocda.UUCP (H.MORRIS)
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Subject: Re: Even more on Lyndon LaRouche
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Date: Sat, 24-Mar-84 14:37:20 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar 24 14:37:20 1984
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>>Funny, whatever the publication that TR Bukley read refered to Lyndon
>>LarRouche as "Far Left."  I challenge anyone on this net to name one
>>elemeent of LaRouche's program that qualifies as being leftist.  The man
>>is rabidly anti-communist,  promotes nuclear power and beam weapons, and
>>is subtley anti-semitic.  What leftist ideology has anything to do with
>>that?
>>
I'm afraid I must confess ignorance on Lyndon LaRouche, but want to
comment on "left" and "right" as some kind of clearly defined spectrum.
Stalin was more than subtly anti-semitic, and he executed over 90% of
the people of any importance who led the Bolshevik revolution.
Maybe the latter means he qualifies as "anti-communist".
Hitler called himself some kind of socialist in order to appeal to
whoever he would appeal to that way.
"Rightist" and "leftist" labels are usually used as a short-cut to
avoid thinking about what people profess or indend to do, and whether
they have any principals.
So maybe we should just stop hearing those labels.