> It's dishonest to treat anyone's politics as reflecting "purity,"
> purification, etc.
>
> You mean like Hitler's? Nazism had a lot to do with purification and
purity. And I do think it's applicable in some way to Trotskyism: How does
the joke go, something like if you gather five Trots you'll have three
splits and two tendencies? And what about the anarchist collective that the
other day released a statement in opposition to Kshama Sawant's election
because she didn't run on the platform of abolishing capitalism, only its
reform? That sounds like a stand based on purity to me.
But maybe not. I think Shag first raised the issue of purity. But she coupled it with danger, and it probably only makes sense to think of them together.