On Mon, 08 Feb 1999 15:44:53 -0500 "Charles Brown"
<CharlesB at CNCL.ci.detroit.mi.us> writes:
>This is why , analogously, Marxists' certainty about certain issues is
>NOT invidious authoritarianism, totalitarianism, dogmatism, rigidity
>or "Stalinism". We cannot get anything accomplished, PRACTICE, unless
>we are and act sure and definite about somethings , sometime. How
>are millions of people going to listen to us if we say we "THINK' this
>is the way to go ?
I would argue for a middle position, where in public we present an image of strength and unanimity, while in private we engage in rigorous theoretical debate about our positions. A Popular Front without the Stalinism, if you will.
I'm WAY over limit again, so I'd better cool it. More tomorrow.
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