failure of college kids and blue-collar workers

[joeallonby]

on 9/30/03 10:03 PM, Richard Fiero at rfiero at pophost.com wrote:

> "the failure of college kids and blue-collar workers to get
> together politically"
> 
> There's something really wrong with that statement because it
> make no sense at all. I've seen it several times and have
> ignored it each time because I'm willing to give Mr. Pynchon a
> lot of slack and excuse an occasional lame remark.
> Now I'm not so sure it's lame but what does it really say, if anything.
> Which blue-collar workers? Both unionized and scab? Would that
> be basically manufacturing and construction or shall grocery
> clerks and postal workers be included?
> Which college kids?
> 
We went over this is the Slow Learner intro. I wrote a lot in reply to your
post, then deleted it because it was a little strident and other people on
the list have heard it before.

Pynchon was right.

It makes perfect sense.

If you want, I can go into detail offlist about my negative experiences as a
blue-collar college activist. I learned why hard hats beat up the student
protesters. It wasn't the message. It was the arrogance with which the
message was delivered. Fortunately, times have changed.

This discussion has been done to death.

Joe