[Debate] Vengeance in Tripoli: "Almost all of the victims were black men"

[Patrick Bond]

On 8/27/2011 6:47 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
> What about a simple protest against the rebels' lynching of black men?

The rebels are an inchoate and NATO-driven force. Who do you suggest is 
the target of the protest? We've had good protests in SA already against 
the US on Libya.

> Is that too difficult a concept?  Or will leftists remain silent on
> this?  Have you, for instance, written a word about this problem?

Lots of problems I haven't written about, to be sure.

> Could the rebels be doing this in part because few -- even on the Left
> -- are vocally condemning it?

No, I don't think they read our ezines, do they? If they shoot Africans 
based on skin colour, I don't think even Amnesty Intl's appeals will 
sway them, do you?

Can you specify which 'leftists' support the rebels, in which case 
naming-and-shaming specific people who fall into the caricature you 
paint might be useful, simply for clarification purposes.

But as far as I can tell, the indy left has adopted a 'pox on both your 
houses' perspective on Libya, not so?