From: br00361@binghamton.edu
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 16:46:05 -0400 (EDT)
To: Sociology Graduate Students -- International <socgrad@csf.colorado.edu>
Subject: Re: T.R. Young's Future Departure
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I completly agree with you Tim. Thanks for giving voice to what I was
feeling and trying to write down. Joshua  

On Thu, 17 Oct 1996, Timothy M. Chester wrote:

> To the group,
> 
> After reading T.R.'s decision, I must admit that I have developed some very
> strong feelings towards this situation, thus, I some of this may be in
> somewhat harsh terms.
> 
> Those of you out there who have challenged T.R. based on some type of
> "power-reflexive" stance have done a great disservice to the list, and
> graduate students in general.  This incident  is nothing more than another
> example of "critical theory" gone wrong.  You can take this crap too damn
> far, and it has been done in this case.
> 
> T.R. Young was out in the streets of this country challenging capitalists,
> exploiters, and fighting for the oppressed before any of us were ever even
> thought of.  And now, for him to be berated because Christian perceived
> that he "takes a position of power" relative to the rest of the list is
> nothing more than a bunch of mindless gibberish.  For someone to claim that
> he may be "oppressing" graduate students through his lectures is nothing
> but bullshit.  It would be allot better of those of you who have nothing to
> do but be critical of everything you encounter find something else to do
> with your time.  This excessiveness is killing critical theory today, and
> if you don't believe it talk to a couple of editors at publishing houses. 
> Critical theory today is not selling anywhere near it was ten or even five
> years ago, because it excesses are again beginning to outweigh its
> advantages.  This is what killed the sixties movement.
> 
> None of this probably makes much sense, but we are far worse for the
> actions of a few who subscribe from this list.  You have done all of us a
> great disservice.
> 
> Tim Chester  
> 
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