>Amen. I mostly don't agree with MP's views on Chavez, Lenin or Cuba, but is
>criticism - even sharp criticism - of any or all of the foregoing forbidden
>on the left? It's become a cliche, but we ought to be able to defend our
>positions without resorting to personal attack, especially those amalgams
>which place an opponent in the enemy camp in the same way critics of
>Stalinism were once denounced as being in league with the fascists. It's not
>a matter of "tolerating" dissenting opinions; we NEED people like like
>Micheal, Wojtek and others who test our long-standing assumptions. Bet a
>large part of the list believes this too.
As does the moderator.
Doug