[Marxism] "Anti-Communist" cooties

[Louis Proyect]

Eli Stephens wrote:
> In the movie version of Hairspray, if you keep listening during the credits, 
> you'll find a song entitled "Cooties" (you can watch it on YouTube here: 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyVrFk1BEKE&feature=related ). And really, this 
> is what the aversion to Cuba on the part of some is all about. They don't want 
> to associate with someone with cooties, lest their perfect (and perfectly 
> imaginary) brand of socialism catch a case.

Yeah. But we don't want to end up going the complete opposite direction 
like the Marcyites of one stripe or another, putting a plus where the NY 
Times puts a minus. Here's an idiotic article by the Becker brothers' 
magazine on Zimbabwe that amounts to free pr for the horrible Robert Mugabe:

http://socialismandliberation.org/mag/index.php?aid=402