Lefty Despair

[Gordon Fitch]

Max B. Sawicky:
> ... 
> My despair stems from the display of left political
> ineptitude I see, both on this list and by a person I
> defended -- Cynthia McKinney (she did a recent speech
> that was pure black helicopter stuff).  There seems
> to be a profound disinterest in persuasion.  It is
> one thing to try and rally like-minded persons; it
> is another to just stew in one's juices.  The anti-
> imperialist left seems to be building, but building
> a wall around itself at the same time.  It reminds
> me of the Masada complex.
> ...

Assuming there is no way to avert the oncoming catastrophe,
it may be a reasonable strategy.  Hide out, and emerge amidst
the ruins to proselytize among the surviving remnant.  The
purer they keep, the less tainted their reputation after the
fall.

-- Gordon