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> People rag on Nixon --he's not a likeable guy, deservedly, but he also passed title ix as well as the EPA. It’s good to see this mentioned. I’m sometimes sur
by alsetmusic 9y ago
> People rag on Nixon --he's not a likeable guy, deservedly, but he also passed title ix as well as the EPA.
It’s good to see this mentioned. I’m sometimes surprised by the good that Nixon did, despite my overall conclusion that he was unfit for office.
> The true left were to some extent tools of the soviet information warfare effort…
This deserves citation to back it up. Please provide links to credible sources.
- mc32 9y agoYou can follow down the rabbit hole here[1]. There is an anecdote of a Soviet spy working in post-war London. He frequented high society and people sometimes wondered what he did. On one occasion, someone muttered to him, something to the effect "what do you do, you never seem to be doing anything, are you a Soviet spy or something [laughter]" and he responds, "yes, of course I'm a soviet spy" and people laughed it off [what a funny bloke]. Point is, this interaction shows a sort of acceptance that one in their own circles could be a spy, they could joke about it, not caring it it were really true. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_influence_on_the_peace_movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_influence_on_the_peace_...
- grzm 9y agoHuh. My reading of the anecdote is they laugh it off because they consider it absurd (no real spy would tell us they were!), more than acceptance and uncaring. Could be your telling or my reading. Is there more to it, or perhaps how it was related, that leads you to your interpretation rather than mine? I'm not doubting it; it's just my read.