Re: A Question to Members of ...

[Jeffrey Booth <booth2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jerry,
        When you're not trashing Louis, I find a lot in your posts I can
agree with.  But this post of yours below, c'mon, you win The Laughing
Hypocrite Award hands down.  You flame like crazy and Carroll's point was
an interesting one.  At many times in Capitalist history, sections of the
left have shifted to support liberal capitalism.  Hell, it's been the
concrete policy of groups like DSA and the CPUSA for years.

                                -- Jeff Booth

On Wed, 31 Jan 1996 glevy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Carrol Cox wrote:
>
> > I can very well see Justin and friends,
> > suspecting the worst from the likes of Doug and Lou and me and Jeffrey, de-
> > ciding that they had best throw in with (say) the Christian Democrats like
> > Duarte.
>
> So, because Justin "and friends" don't support *your* conception of what
> socialism will look like, they will end up in an alliance with the
> "Christian Democrats like Duarte"?
>
> I find such forms of reasoning to be truly repugnant. When you run out of
> arguments, you resort to distortions and libel. This is a hallmark of
> sectarianism and is one of the obstacles that will have to be overcome
> in the process of building a revolutionary movement of the working class.
>
> Many on this l*st have had experiences where political groups on the Left
> have slandered and libeled them and been afraid to confront, *in good
> faith*, the political issues that separate them. This type of
> sectarianism is nurtured in an environment where the participants are
> divorced from mass working-class movements.
>
> If you can't honestly confront the political perspectives of others, then
> it's best not to say anything at all.
>
> Jerry
>
>
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