> I went to enough of those meetings myself-- in
> fact, we met at one of them, and they were
> completely self-indulgent exercises of people
> representing no one but themselves claiming the
> same political legitimacy as those elected by
> thousands or even millions of members
Wait -- Nathan, are you saying that Unitarian Universalists for the Propagation of Guatemalan Handicrafts is somehow less legitimate than some million-member reformist trade union? Surely you're trampling on Chuck's free speech if you point out that his use of the term "Big Labor" echoes that of the Right to Work [For Less] Committee, and not accidentally, either? Surely Yoshie, too, is an organizational genius in calling for direct votes of the entire membership on everything unions do, including the precise ratio of hickory to maple in each picketline burn barrel, and a new strike vote every time the boss requests one while trying to foment a back-to-work movement? I mean, surely you can tell that these two have run many successful "grassroots" organizations? It's easy to see, anyway, as long as you agree to Chuck's right to simply define himself as the grassroots, and Lance Murdoch's right to define everyone else out of the movement -- especially the "fags and tree huggers," I guess.
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