> It's hard not to conclude that the real answer is "because it feels good," but no one wants to say that out loud.
Your ability to psychoanalyze from 3,000 miles is amazing.
> I am looking forward to Lou Proyect's analysis of the BB, which he just told me he's working on.
I wonder what's taking so long. He's published at least a dozen of these ill-informed, sectarianism-posing-as-antisectarianism rants over the decades. Cut-and-paste function on his computer not working?