Hey Lenore,

I can tell you Rick was a big supporter long before Bernie even considered running for president, and my brothers and I certainly put our votes in for Bernie.

Obviously I can’t speak for my father, but I would argue that his response to the current state of politics wouldn’t consider the modern idea of political correctness as a leftist issue. I personally believe what we call the left, in the democratic party, is dominated by conservative ideology, and it is up to people on the actual left to realize their party is no longer concerned with their ideology, and start figuring things out from there.

hope your research is going well, I’d love to visit Germany myself some day

Max

Yes, for US a leftist. For Europeans, for example, a competent observer of society. He woukd have been a Bernie supporter, don’t you think?
His unbridled down-home Southern straightforwardness is refreshing!

I’m in Germany right now doing research on my Habermas-based thesis (communicative action). Btw, Monday is Habermas’ birthday. I think RR will be at his party in spirit.

Thanks again for your response.

Hi Lenore,

I wonder about this too. He’s an interesting case because he is pretty much as left leaning as it gets, especially with regard to sympathy for the plight of the disadvantaged, however he was no fan of political correctness.

Chris

Just wanted others’ thoughts on the relevance of Rick Roderick’s highlighted Habermasian points and his (RR’s) assessment of late 20th century society. He’s just phenominal. What a loss that we don’t have him here to listen to his take on our world in 2018. He’d be so spot on, but certainly sad.

thanks andrew, it’s fixed now