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In reply to the discussion: A Letter to My Sublime Allies on the US Left [View all]staggerleem
(469 posts)He died in an accident at a swimming hole in June of 2001. So, there's nobody on the face of this planet who understands that there is NOT "always time" better than my wife and I, and being lectured on THAT topic REALLY gets my goat.
And while we may or may not check out before the excrement hits the air conditioner, we do see the feces approaching the blades. OUR home is solar powered - is YOURS??
The point of my original reply is that Pittster is kicking Solitz's butt over an editorial that she wrote THREE YEARS AGO (apparently, there IS "always time" to bitch at the people who ARE on your side, but not as far as you'd like them to be.)
I think that we can all agree that we NEED to grow a movement here. I DO NOT think that the best way to grow it is to throw certain potential allies under the bus for not being as "ideologically pure" as you may deem yourself. Ideological purity is the Republican's thing - I don't think we need or want it on the left. That kind of purity is the political equivalent of patent trolling - it's more about STIFLING new ideas than allowing them to bloom and grow.
I quoted Jim Morrison in an earlier post, and I'll paraphrase the same line here - "I want the world and I want it NOW!" is how a toddler deals with life. Those of you who want everything to change, for YOUR IDEA of the better - RIGHT NOW - have a pot-load of growing up to do.
In the real world, the only change that happens instantaneously is DEATH - in all it's myriad forms.