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In reply to the discussion: Rise of the 'Unholy Alliance' of Libertarians and Leftists [View all]AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)on the fringes myself. But I know better now.
In fact, I'm not terribly fond of the fringe left in general these days, even if some aren't also swinging to the end of the spectrum. But I personally don't consider folks like Suey Park, Mikki Kendall, Noel Ignatiev, Trudy at Gradient Lair, etc. to be my allies, for various reasons(for example, Suey Park lost her shit over a Colbert sketch, Kendall stirred up a bunch of shit with that annoying little #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen hashtag, and the not-so-decent lady at G.L. has some obvious issues of her own, including constant hate-ons towards white feminists who happen not to agree with her 100%. And I could go on.).
I'm sure some may disagree, but it doesn't hurt to cut out individual people and cliques who may be genuinely dragging a movement down.....something that, I think, Occupy should have done with the Paulites a long time ago; just as the more hardcore literal "white privilege" pushers in Social Justice, the Paulites and their fellow libertarians have done much more harm than good for Occupy.
I'm all for a "Big Tent", but sometimes, you gotta kick a few people out, you know? I'd honestly take someone like Melissa Harris-Perry over Glenn Greenwald any day, anyway.