michael yates <[email protected]> wrote:

> Newman [sic -- it's Naiman] says, "How much time have Maoists,
> Trotskyists, Greens, anarchists, and the rest of the thumb-sucking
> ultra-left wasted?
>

Note that N is engaging in name-calling. I've said it before, but
"sectarianism" (which often involves such name-calling) is not unique to
the Left (ultra or otherwise). Not only does the Right get into
sectarianism, but the middle does too. I remember this "middle of the road"
sectarian group which took over the old Socialist Party-USA during the
early 1970s, leading the group to support the Vietnam war, Israel, and the
whole AFL-CIO & [New York City] United Federation of Teachers party "line."
They used all the usual sectarian techniques, split the SPUSA, and drove a
lot of people (including yours truly) out of the group.
-- 
Jim Devine /  "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way
and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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