I was involved in a protest to shut down a talk by this guy -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carlisle_(British_politician) … - at @unisouthampton. It was the wrong thing to do.
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And sure, it became something different, no longer a party of the Left, but at least it could begin to take on Thatcherism in arenas...
...where real power is exercised. If you want your politics to be more than about whining a lot & smashing things, it's got to be hegemonic.
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And it's not going to be hegemonic if you police for ideological purity, if you demonize potential allies, if you sequester yourself in
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hermetically sealed safe places where you're protected from people who might inadvertently use wrong pronouns.
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If you do all that, you're gonna lose, unless - and to be fair it is a significant unless - demographics are wildly in your favor.
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