A last word to Malecki

[Louis N Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 23 Jul 1996, Robert Malecki wrote:

>
> In fact that is about the only program you have! Besides being a cheerleader
> for the sandinistas..
>

Louis: I have already been chastised for replying to Robert, so I might as
well get this one last post off before going back to saying nothing.

Robert, I love nothing better than debating Trotskyists. I always look
forward to ideological struggle with Adam Rose, Hugh Rodwell or Jim
Miller. The reason I have never debated you has nothing to do with your
politics.

When you first came on the list, you made a point of telling everbody that
you had never gotten past 8th grade. To reinforce this, you constantly
write like a child when you know full well that "i" should be capitalized,
that an apostrophe and a comma are different and that a sentence ends with
a period and not two. These affectations plus your insistence on spelling
as many words wrong per sentence as possible is an act to let everybody
know that you are basically a defenseless little boy. You enjoy calling
people Mensheviks, but take a stance that can only be interpreted as
"Please don't hurt me, I am barely literate."

You are constantly challenging me to ideological struggle, but I refuse to
struggle with you until you clean up your writing. A debate with you would
be like sitting down to play chess with somebody and then have to keep
reminding them to take the pieces out of their mouth. Your sloppy writing
is a defense mechanism. It is like stepping into a ring and then putting a
pair of eyeglasses on.

If you had any confidence in your "Trotskyist" ideas, you would make an
effort to speak and write like an adult. If you would make an effort to
express yourself like the 56 year old man you are rather than an 8 year
old, I might take the time to give you a political education.



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