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Entry: A Tale of Two Normans: Podhoretz and Finklestein Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/a_tale_of_two_normans_podhoretz_and_finklestein#8037 Post contents: To accuse me of hijacking means either that one don't know what "hijacking" means, or that one did poorly on the analogy section of the SAT. To accuse me of bringing up the race topic would mean that one might not be able to read, -- in which case, Would someone do a podcast and read aloud Paul Gottfried's article above? Then an illiterate could hear who on this page brought up the race question first. (and it was also good that he did so.) And I, on topic, responded to Paul Gottfried's remarks. So if one doesn't like the topic of race, one's "formal complaint" should be about him, not me. Indeed, Paul Gottfried is decrying the reverse racism of Sharpton, Jackson, et al. and is agreeing with a woman who wrote in a Neocon journal. So, were one to follow the faulty logic offered by some, this agreement by Paul Gottfried would make Paul Gottfried a Neocon himself, or a clone of his old teacher Herb Marcuse! More central to Paul Gottfried's essay is the attempt by a Neocon to denigrate his opponent (Ron Paul) with a red herring and false identification so as to knock Ron Paul out of the discussion. (and Neocons aren't the only people who practice such denigration.) Also central to Paul Gottfried's remarks is how some Neocons "helped manufacture this alternative opposition [Neoconservatism] to a more genuine Right" I completely agree that Real Conservatism is the genuine conservatism. By my distinguishing genuine Real Conservatism from the <i>other</i> fake "conservatism" -- i.e. Racialism and Nationalism --, I'm depriving Neocons, Lincoln Idolaters, and Hamiltonians of their ammo. Sent at: 2008 05 15