JOE BAGEANT'S PIECE COVERT KINGDOM STIRS CONTROVERSY

JOE BAGEANT'S BY NOW WELL KNOWN PIECE on Christian fundamentalist rednecks (his kin, by the author's admission) has stirred the usual controversy. A recent post by Joaquin Bustelo, a thinker of the left, which we reproduce below, takes issue with a number of aspects of Bageant's treatment. We welcome this discussion as the topic is an important one for all activists involved in neutralizing the toxic fumes emanating from this irrational quarter. (The originalBageant article is found at http://www.cjonline.org/bageantCovertKing.htm ). Cyrano's Editor filed a reply which also appears in this blog's archives.