tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9947355.post110889656985345716..comments2023-08-28T06:22:48.898-04:00Comments on Light Seeking Light: Peretz and the Reactionary ProgressivesD. B. Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05663484917515894917noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9947355.post-1109268795812365482005-02-24T13:13:00.000-05:002005-02-24T13:13:00.000-05:00Hi Jon,
Unlike you I do have ties to the Anabapti...Hi Jon,<br /><br />Unlike you I do have ties to the Anabaptists. My great grandfather was Mennonite, but broke with his family, moved to Philadelphia, became a printer, then a socialist union organizer, and finally the very respectable editor of a mainstream newspaper in Western Pennsylvania. As a kid I was exposed both to the Pennsylvania Dutch stuff and to utopian socialism [they actually have a lot in common]. My parents raised me Presbyterian. I have a lot of respect for the Anabaptists, but cannot embrace their communitarian sensibilities. Parenthetically, I might point out that George Bush is extremely popular among the "Dutch," but not among the Quakers.<br /><br />Just as I reject communitarian labels, I also reject terms like "liberal" and "conservative". I watch the formulation and reformulation of the ideological camps with some interest, but am not about to participate -- just not a "joiner."D. B. Lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05663484917515894917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9947355.post-1109100165817834882005-02-22T14:22:00.000-05:002005-02-22T14:22:00.000-05:00Thanks for the link, though it's not exactly a cur...Thanks for the link, though it's not exactly a current discussion (we're busily debating the philosophy of history, mostly elsewhere, these days). To clarify, I'm Jewish, so not an Anabaptist, though it's a strain of Christianity I respect deeply. <br /><br />I still don't see a positive statement from you. I'm not going to argue that the '60s is the past and we need to think about what we're doing now about the future, but what is it that YOU want to do, as a liberal?Jonathan Dresnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04356112719229675996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9947355.post-1108897617391624242005-02-20T06:06:00.000-05:002005-02-20T06:06:00.000-05:00I think you might consider trying to define what y...I think you might consider trying to define what you mean by a "new liberalism." <A HREF="http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/4657.html" REL="nofollow">I did</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com