> This reflects what has been a serious weakness on the left ever since I
> first became involved in politics -- the obsession with what can't be
> changed and the indifference to what can be. There are 10s of millions
> of people out there who are _not_ under the influence of right-wing
> thought and which leftists can and should focus on. But it's more fun I
> guess to agonize over Reagan and Bush lovers, though they won't pay
> attention to us no matter how much attention we pay to them.
>
> In the '60s this kind of obsession was an important factor both in the
> ultra-leftism of the Weatherman tendency and in the loss of nerve by
> the
> Clean-for-Gene tendency.
Would you expand on this?
John A