Being polite and patient (when dealing even with reactionaries like Malcolm X had to), in a public space, is just as much if not more about convincing spectators and third parties that communists are cool, level-headed, trustworthy, and want to serve the people.
Treat dealing with reactionaries as an opportunity to educate them and everyone watching the discussion about the issue. This is what I did yesterday with that liberal.
This is an awkward and shitty point to make, but shouldn’t we measure Huey’s theoretical lines carefully?
Its not just him, but Mao, Malcolm X, Fidel, uncle ho, Marx, Engels, and Lenin. Some of these figures could occasionally get snarky but that was the exception, not the rule. Their patient education of the masses by weighing in to public debates and topics is what won people over.
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See my other response below.
Being polite and patient (when dealing even with reactionaries like Malcolm X had to), in a public space, is just as much if not more about convincing spectators and third parties that communists are cool, level-headed, trustworthy, and want to serve the people.
Treat dealing with reactionaries as an opportunity to educate them and everyone watching the discussion about the issue. This is what I did yesterday with that liberal.
Its not just him, but Mao, Malcolm X, Fidel, uncle ho, Marx, Engels, and Lenin. Some of these figures could occasionally get snarky but that was the exception, not the rule. Their patient education of the masses by weighing in to public debates and topics is what won people over.
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