The Reverse Groucho

Paranoiaville
Left Blogistan

A lot of people in Left Blogistan have been talking about lists lately.

You know......lifestyle lists, peacenik lists, agitator lists, demonstrator lists, activist lists, social justice lists, leftist lists, bad boy/girl blogger lists, dissenter lists, deserter lists, anti-war lists, supporters of Ward Churchill lists, no fly lists.

In other words..... be careful what you do and say, or you'll end up on one of those lists.

Which got us to thinking about Nixon's infamous Enemies List, and how so many righteous people were mightily upset, in the end, when they weren't on it.

Which is exactly how we think everyone should feel about this new generation of lists.

We like to call it the 'Reverse Groucho'.

In other words, think of these things as nothing more than bad clubs that wouldn't want to have you as a member. As such, we should do our best to join them all.

Why?

Because if everyone's on the darned things they won't mean anything at all.

Guess you could also call this strategy 'Universality with a Cause'.

Kinda like Healthcare, and Public Schools, and Public Parks, and Public Recreation Facilities, and Public Transport, and Public Universities, and especially Old Age Pensions/Social Security.

You know - all those things that Mr. Potter and the Neandercons hate because, well, they just do.