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Thread #81789 Message #1500263
Posted By: Uncle_DaveO
04-Jun-05 - 05:45 PM
Thread Name: BS: Why Tolerating the Right Gets Difficult
Subject: RE: BS: Why Tolerating the Right Gets Difficult
Amos, the article says: Not just a Stalinist, but a Marxist to boot!
Actually, the logic of the real world and the syntax of the statement are at odds. That is, one might (if one wanted to) describe her as, "Not just a Marxist, but a Stalinist to boot!" But as quoted above it makes no sense. To be a Stalinist one MUST be a Marxist, but to be a Marxist is not necessarily to be a Stalinist.