Comments on: Starwoods and Stars: I’m Naomi Klein Tripping in Silicon Valley

By: Ric Garrido

Ric Garrido — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:49:34 +0000

When I have heard Naomi Klein speaking on Democracy Now news reports over the past year, I still find her discourse socially relevant and in line with much of my thinking. She is a pop star journalist. Nothing wrong with making money from writing in my opinion. The message she is putting out is one I think plenty of people want to hear.

By: giselle

giselle — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:41:46 +0000

Nice post. I have to agree with Figaro re. Klein. Her heart is generally in the right place, but she clearly got too much attention before she and her ideas were ready, and now some of her journalistic efforts read like self-serving fluff, even somewhat dangerous for their one-trick pony dimension and so-called liberal bent. (Long-abiding liberals aren’t necessarily pleased by her sometimes mock-journalism.)

(It’s interesting because her mother had a key role in making the documentary “Not a Love Story” re. the pornography industry, another good idea that hurt itself because it contained so much raw porn footage that many male viewers reported having seen it FOR the porn, thereby missing the message.)

By: Figaro

Figaro — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:02:31 +0000

Your polite response indicates that you are much more reasonable and fair-minded than she. Therefore, I must respond by saying that I respect your opinion and thank you for your post, which I otherwise enjoyed.

By: Ric Garrido

Ric Garrido — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:34:02 +0000

Thank you for your opinion. I disagree.

By: Figaro

Figaro — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:52:01 +0000

Naomi Klein is a fraud whose shoddy research and ridiculous conclusions have been exposed many times over since the publication of the book you reference. We should take care not to perpetuate statist myths. The least fortunate among us are the ones who are hurt the most by collectivist coercion.