MuslimAgorist
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Some pontif over at socialistworker.org named Elizabeth Schulte has published a diatribe titled Ideas that dont belong at Occupy thats making the rounds. In it she explains why welcoming libertarians into the Occupy Movement is counterproductive. Not only is this vitriol contradictory and factually incorrect, Its also divisive, destructive and vindictive tripe and I hope people summarily reject it. Shes got an opinion. She thinks socialism is the way to help the poor. Thats fine. Theres lots and lots of socialist Occupants. But conflating libertarianism, Ron Paul, the Tea Party and Herman Cain and drawing a big circle around mainstream conservatives and the liberty-minded Occupants on the ground is just intellectual laziness at best and ad hominem at worst. If Ms. Schulte wants an ideologically pure movement that excludes everyone she disagrees with than the Occupation is not for her.
I've written a thorough rebuttal of her article. You can read it here.
I've written a thorough rebuttal of her article. You can read it here.