Tolerance of Stalinist crap (was Pot-Kettle Jones going on about witch-hunting)

[Hugh Rodwell <m-14970@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All this hot air is clearly rooted in the Stalinist positions held by
Mark Jones and his consequent turf-defending support for his
political buddy. Nothing else. All the psychologizing is quite
irrelevant and in fact just adds fuel to the flames.

The tolerance of such intemperate, ill-considered discourse also
indicates that huge chunks of the Stalinist legacy are still regarded
as good "left" or even God help us Marxist credentials among some
non-revolutionary, non-working-class radicals.

Nice to know that M-Fem is more tolerant now ;-). Might sharpen me
pen and pitch in again now I've seen what crap can be peddled by some
and got away with. Only I still don't expect a Trotskyist perspective
to be given half such a lenient and understanding reception as
Jones's anti-women, anti-revolutionary, anti-working-class ravings.

Revolutionary greetings,

Hugh




> Mark Jones wrote:
> >  No, the nastiness originated with Ms Pollitt's slanders and smears about a
> >  third party who was not even on the list at the time; perhaps you should
> >  check back a bit further. Or perhaps you just don't think that's a problem?
> >  Anyway, I'm still waiting for any kind of acknowledgement that baiting and
> >  flaming are out of line on the list.
>
> Once again, it is not "slanders and smears" or"baiting and flaming" to
> assert that Jared Israel, who is not a feminist and does not claim to be
> one is, in fact, not a feminist.  Given mark's free use of sexist
> language ('creepy androgynous" friends) I am even more bewildered by his
> objections.  I would think he would consider my calling Jared "no
> feminist"  a compliment!
>   Nor do I think it is slanders etc to identify Jared as the public
> person he was. I said nothing personal.  I said nothing untrue. I used
> no intemperate, four letter, or violent language.
>   I seem to remember that I also posed concrete and detailed criticisms
> of Jared's post about  supposed gender equality in Serbia, the lack of
> male hostility toward women there,  and the incapacity of Serbian men
> for sexual violence. Neither Jared or Mark has responded to that --
> instead Jared is silent and Mark is full of bluster.
>   I think both silence and bluster testify to the strength of my
> argument.
>
> Katha