THE post-left:
First, commitment to the democracy of the left, as part of the more fundamental commitment to a pluralist democratic society overall, should serve as a caution against stipulatively narrowing the scope of the left by excluding from it large numbers of people - whole categories of them, in fact - just because they disagree with you. The left does have its boundaries, to be sure, but these have always been more far-flung and accommodating than the practice of issuing mutual anathemas has wanted to allow. Within some limits, therefore - but they must be limits of an expansive and generous kind - we should leave the business of departure from the left to those departing and not attempt to impose it on political opponents by a definitional act.
Posted: 21st, April 2008 | In: Politicians, Twitterings Comments (2) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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April 23rd, 2008 at 1:33 am
I want to have an argument about sod all.
Is no one interested in this stuff but me????
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Typical of the Left - having arguments about sod all.
And if they’re issuing anathemas (are they like fatwas?) - then their boundaries aren’t accomodating…
And - you can’t impose a label like post-left on anyone not in the media - how would it stick?