And though this article might be flawed, I have to wonder what a debate between Zizek and an actual communist (like the article’s author) would look like.
I need to be very clear here; anyone whose first instincts are to artificially declare anyone on the left a Nazi is someone we should be running from. This is a liberal vector of attack that only results in the "actually they were national socialists" discourse AIPAC uses. There's also the fact that there are claims that the author plagiarized the work entirely, stealing directly from other communist projects for personal or secretarian gain.
I am not arguing against the idea that Zizek should face true communist scrutiny, but if this level of intellectual dishonesty is the best we can muster we'll pay for it in the long term.
I need to be very clear here; anyone whose first instincts are to artificially declare anyone on the left a Nazi is someone we should be running from. This is a liberal vector of attack that only results in the "actually they were national socialists" discourse AIPAC uses. There's also the fact that there are claims that the author plagiarized the work entirely, stealing directly from other communist projects for personal or secretarian gain.
I am not arguing against the idea that Zizek should face true communist scrutiny, but if this level of intellectual dishonesty is the best we can muster we'll pay for it in the long term.