Re: [Pen-l] childhood in the SWP

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

Louis Proyect wrote:
> The issue is not whether there was abuse. It was whether an SWP official
> would shrug it off with the observation that “Under capitalism, everyone has
> problems.”

that's right. It makes the SWP look good (at least relative to the
Catholic Church) that it would be extremely rare for an official to
respond that way. But it's possible that a few officials would respond
with this kind of BS. Of course, the author was remembering an
experience he had as a boy (with the official's response likely
filtered through his mother). That means he could have a distorted
memory, one that would be encouraged by his new circle of friends.
-- 
Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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