> All very true. As you both point out, some agreement on goals and
> strategy is essential for self-criticism, and that is certainly
> lacking in "the left" today.
I don't see how Yoshie's injunction amounts to anything more than opposition to all but "constructive" criticism, that is, favorable criticism. This isn't simply a matter of tactical or even strategic differences, it's the difference between a political movement (or lack thereof) and a stoically religious one, as Wojtek has said quite often. So when the death squads hit home, in lieu of basic human empathy, there were those who chose to peddle hairshirts.
-- Shane
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