You’re now being hostile which is quickly souring any chance of productive conversation. You’re accusing me of saying things I’ve not said, you’re blatantly ignoring anything that’s inconvenient to your point of view, and You’re making attacks/accusing me of “helping the enemy” because I disagree on how to deal with them. Not only are you not making any manner of argument on how you’re NOT engaging in “No True Scotsman”, you’re becoming actively hostile at an ally because I only agree on 99% of the topic.
I’ve not once called them “far left” - I’ve called them the “farthest left (at least at a surface level) party with national exposure.” That’s not exactly a high bar. It also ignores the fact that there are genuine leftists that identify with the party. They operate WITHIN the leftist sphere, and they are grifters. You can’t dismiss it out of hand and say that “well they are really leftists” - yeah, no shit, that’s what grifters fucking do. Fucker Carlson doesn’t believe in 1/10th of the shit he spouts off, but it doesn’t make home not a far right grifter.
I’m not helping them, I’m trying to make sure that allies, both to my left and to my right (I wouldn’t call myself “far left” but would call myself “leftist”) keep some level of guard up against grifters that operate within our spaces.
My POV is: we are not immune to grifters in our spaces, you should maintain guard. Here’s one example of a grifter within our space. (FTR, I could have also pointed to ML tankies that defend the actions of Russia and China in spite of the fact that neither are remotely Communist, socialist or leftist of any form).
Your POV as it comes across SEEMS TO BE: Well, they’re not REALLY far left (unclear if you only mean to exclude from “far” left or leftist in total), so no we don’t have grifters on the left. If this is not your point of view, then far more time has been spent arguing about minutiae and leftist in-Fighting than explaining why you don’t believe that grift is not a problem within this space.
Lol, my weekend is fine, though my shoulder muscles were acting up and giving me a headache which may have made me slightly grumpy. I did not mean to come across as though I’m in a bad mood. I do hope you have/had a good weekend, and I think we likely agree on much more than we disagree. Have a good evening!
You’re now being hostile which is quickly souring any chance of productive conversation. You’re accusing me of saying things I’ve not said, you’re blatantly ignoring anything that’s inconvenient to your point of view, and You’re making attacks/accusing me of “helping the enemy” because I disagree on how to deal with them. Not only are you not making any manner of argument on how you’re NOT engaging in “No True Scotsman”, you’re becoming actively hostile at an ally because I only agree on 99% of the topic.
I’ve not once called them “far left” - I’ve called them the “farthest left (at least at a surface level) party with national exposure.” That’s not exactly a high bar. It also ignores the fact that there are genuine leftists that identify with the party. They operate WITHIN the leftist sphere, and they are grifters. You can’t dismiss it out of hand and say that “well they are really leftists” - yeah, no shit, that’s what grifters fucking do. Fucker Carlson doesn’t believe in 1/10th of the shit he spouts off, but it doesn’t make home not a far right grifter.
I’m not helping them, I’m trying to make sure that allies, both to my left and to my right (I wouldn’t call myself “far left” but would call myself “leftist”) keep some level of guard up against grifters that operate within our spaces.
My POV is: we are not immune to grifters in our spaces, you should maintain guard. Here’s one example of a grifter within our space. (FTR, I could have also pointed to ML tankies that defend the actions of Russia and China in spite of the fact that neither are remotely Communist, socialist or leftist of any form). Your POV as it comes across SEEMS TO BE: Well, they’re not REALLY far left (unclear if you only mean to exclude from “far” left or leftist in total), so no we don’t have grifters on the left. If this is not your point of view, then far more time has been spent arguing about minutiae and leftist in-Fighting than explaining why you don’t believe that grift is not a problem within this space.
I hope your weekend turns around before it’s over…
But nothing productive is going to happen here, and I dont expect it ever will between us.
Lol, my weekend is fine, though my shoulder muscles were acting up and giving me a headache which may have made me slightly grumpy. I did not mean to come across as though I’m in a bad mood. I do hope you have/had a good weekend, and I think we likely agree on much more than we disagree. Have a good evening!