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

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Characteristiaclly, in his own agonized wriggle,
attempting to sit on both sides of the fence, Dennis
ignores my refutation of the "specific group" argument
in which I pointed out that no one except sectarian
fanatics knows or cares who does effective organizing,
and the effect of redbaiting on the public is not
education but destruction of activism. Moreover, the
"one group" limitation is a bald-faced lie: Dennis
attacks "Stalinism" generally, which would have to
include the CPUSA, theRCP, and a lot of the far left
that is actually involved in activism. So Dennis is a
liar as well as a redbaiter. Either that or he has
principled basis fgor working in coalition with the
CPUSA (onpractiucally everything) or the RCP (against
the war or the death penalty to to free Mumia or
whatever . . . ) Contemptible. Pathetic. Loathesome.
Despicable. jks

--- Dennis Perrin <dperrin at comcast.net> wrote:
> > 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
> 
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