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Title: Dummies mourn the death of
Post by: thundley4 on January 27, 2010, 11:06:05 PM: Quote
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Howard Zinn, historian who challenged status quo, dies at 87

Source: Boston Globe

Howard Zinn, the Boston University historian and political activist who was an early opponent of US involvement in Vietnam and a leading faculty critic of BU president John Silber, died of a heart attack today in Santa Monica, Calif, where he was traveling, his family said. He was 87.

Read more: http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/01/...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4245521

I had only heard of him recently and don't know Jack Squat about him, but if the DUmmies are saddened by his death, he must have been anti-American.
Title: Re: Dummies mourn the death of
Post by: The Village Idiot on January 27, 2010, 11:08:39 PM: Oh he was.

He wrote those "People's History" books. Radical left revisionist.
Title: Re: Dummies mourn the death of
Post by: Mike220 on January 27, 2010, 11:11:09 PM: Sweet.
Title: Re: Dummies mourn the death of
Post by: jukin on January 27, 2010, 11:42:33 PM: Say hi to Tookie.
Title: Re: Dummies mourn the death of
Post by: Oceander on January 27, 2010, 11:47:15 PM: Now if only we could start cherry-picking the early deaths of the Worst Generation in American History.
Title: Re: Dummies mourn the death of
Post by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on January 28, 2010, 06:08:13 AM: When is Chomsky gonna die?

He's another one overdue for Satan's gay bath house.
Title: Re: Dummies mourn the death of
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on January 28, 2010, 08:10:22 AM: Quote from: jukin on January 27, 2010, 11:42:33 PM
Say hi to Tookie.

:rotf:
Title: Re: Dummies mourn the death of
Post by: Mike220 on January 28, 2010, 09:30:32 AM: Quote from: Mr Snuggle Bunny on January 28, 2010, 06:08:13 AM
When is Chomsky gonna die?

He's another one overdue for Satan's gay bath house.

Soon, we can hope.
Title: Re: Dummies mourn the death of
Post by: lastparker on January 28, 2010, 10:58:14 AM: Quote from: Mr Snuggle Bunny on January 28, 2010, 06:08:13 AM
When is Chomsky gonna die?

He's another one overdue for Satan's gay bath house.

:rotf:
Title: Re: Dummies mourn the death of
Post by: AllosaursRus on January 28, 2010, 11:51:58 AM: Another instance where "only the good die young" is proven!
Title: Re: Dummies mourn the death of
Post by: MrsSmith on January 28, 2010, 06:22:19 PM: Prayers for his family, and his soul.
Title: Re: Dummies mourn the death of
Post by: AllosaursRus on January 28, 2010, 11:48:29 PM: Quote from: MrsSmith on January 28, 2010, 06:22:19 PM
Prayers for his family, and his soul.

I doubt this guy believed in an after-life!
Title: Re: Dummies mourn the death of
Post by: BlueStateSaint on January 29, 2010, 05:38:45 AM: Quote from: AllosaursRus on January 28, 2010, 11:48:29 PM
I doubt this guy believed in an after-life!

All the more reason to pray for him.
Title: Re: Dummies mourn the death of
Post by: Wineslob on January 29, 2010, 04:11:28 PM: Quote from: Mr Snuggle Bunny on January 28, 2010, 06:08:13 AM
When is Chomsky gonna die?

He's another one overdue for Satan's gay bath house.

A BIG +1.
Title: Re: Dummies mourn the death of
Post by: dandi on January 29, 2010, 05:16:18 PM: "Without Professor Zinn's help, I could never have hated America as much as I do. *sniff*" [/du mode]