So in contrast to those nasty Republicans the neo-con , war mongering Democrats - COLLUDING ( their favorite word ) in bipartisan attacks on working class people ( Governor Gina Raimondo leading the charge against the poor , the elderly, the jobless, the homeless here in Rhode Island ) - these sanctimonious Democrats are all about L-O-V-E in action ? And their " Corrupt Hillary " all about " The Politics of Decency " ? What an obtuse , out of touch bunch !
On the Left - legitimate criticism of British SWP or a malicious smear ? [ " The SWP have always had a reputation for being a somewhat strange and at times unpleasant organisation.
Anyone who’s been involved in protest events will have had experience of them turning up, handing out placards and leaflets, and generally trying to take over.
Their communication style has always been rather didactic and top-down with supposed wisdom handed down from the party leadership.
The membership has always been small and often transient. People have a habit of joining in a fit of idealism, and then leaving somewhere down the line out of disillusionment with the control-freakery and intellectual stultification.
The result is that those who stick it out long-term tend to be the worst kind of groupthink drones. " ]
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Anyone who’s been involved in protest events will have had experience of them turning up, handing out placards and leaflets, and generally trying to take over.
Their communication style has always been rather didactic and top-down with supposed wisdom handed down from the party leadership.
The membership has always been small and often transient. People have a habit of joining in a fit of idealism, and then leaving somewhere down the line out of disillusionment with the control-freakery and intellectual stultification.
The result is that those who stick it out long-term tend to be the worst kind of groupthink drones. " ]