>the extreme difficulties leftists face.
Agreed: We have to accommodate boring, narcissistic preachers like you.
>2) that merely saying the truth
> effectively is in itself of any good.
If you don't believe this, why bother with leftism? Of course, it's hard to avoid the feeling that, if you'd been a writer instead of an "activist," you'd be endlessly lecturing us on the superior virtues of truth-telling.