[lbo-talk] "Cadre"? Re: dalai lama in nyc

[Dennis Perrin]

> Evers ince,
> I have had no patience, if I ever had any, for
> reactionary, right wing redbaiting. It's a sell out.
> It's a betrayal. It makes you unworthy of even
> thinking of yourself as on the left, or progressive.
> It makes you on the other side. I've seen it at work.
>
> jks

This is simply weak, the howl of the desperate. I've denounced a specific
political group for actions it has taken and for ideas it actually holds.
How this constitutes "baiting" I've no idea. I suppose in Justin's world,
taking to task a group for what it explicitly stands for is a rightwing
tactic. If so, that is severely limiting and anti-democratic. I'm not
keeping one person from working with ANSWER. I've merely expressed my
concern regarding working with them. In Justin's swirling brain, however,
this is siding with imperialism. You're either with "us" or against "us," as
a national politician recently said . . .

DP