OK, so how does it work out that WP is shit , but there are a lot of great women in WP and its not their fault that WP is shit, but that the left is shit, and that anybody that is a left woman is also shit and responsible for austerity, and THEN also claim that purity politics is wrong?
How about we concentrate on the ones that actually ARE in power, rather than the ones who are actually doing their best to fight it, even if they do get things wrong. I see so many would be anarchists who seem to have a neverending fascination for calling out the left, and rarely the right.
Let's pile on.
Let's miss the point completely.
You do this through abuse, strawman or other types of propaganda technique to distract from the actual problem once again.
The crucial point is that huge parts of the left ignored socialist principles and this has left a dirty great legacy that no one really wants to admit to or do much to address, because in order to do that they'd have to admit where they went wrong in the first place.
Labour socialist principles were about understanding the obstacles and problems the most vulnerable in society have.
Instead identity ideology was given priority over a fundamental recognition of problems. What was listened to was assumptions about causes of problems rather than drilling down into the roots of problems, because the ideology was more important than finding solutions to problems.
Eg Rochdale. The thought process was 'People are oppressed because they are asian. They are more oppressed than all white people. Therefore we should not question or criticise asians.'
Without understanding that power dynamics are rather more complex and that the problem in this particular case was that child abuse was enabled because everyone was so desperate not racial discrimination. It created a massive blind spot because the politics of identity were placed ahead of actual problems.
Everyone sees the world differently to others - because of their life experience. But EVERYONE has political blind spots because of that. We should acknowledge that we do. A lot of problems are arising out of the arrogance of believing we don't.
Thus it's important to have a diversity of view points to correct that and a culture which encourages that.
Lisa's main beef has been about the efforts put into deliberately restricting this diversity of viewpoints and an abandonment of Labour principles which have put the most vulnerable at risk and the arrogance of people in saying they are above criticism.
Criticism is a healthy process as long as its focused on the central problem and the circumstances around it not point scoring.
And by God that post above was about point scoring, not having a conversation about the issues Lisa raises.
I'm pretty damn sure she doesn't think she's perfect. And the mere fact the talks she's been involved in have been named 'correcting a blind spot' tells you a fair amount.