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October 3, 2007
November 5, 2007
Studying the usage of a phrase:
"The circular firing squad of the
left strikes again. Have a public
policy debate without resorting to
attacks for a change." [ref]
"I am a liberal, and I am used to a good old
fashion circular firing squad and
incompetent, internally directed undercutting
attacks against nominal allies. I see it
often enough on my side of the aisle, so when
I see it on the Right, I have to sit back and
enjoy my schradenfreude."
[ref]
"Enough of the circular
firing squad already!"
Sep 07, 2007, [ref]:
"What is wrong with us?!
The top recommended diary is one
that smacks Nancy Pelosi around
because she refuses to come and Um... but our petulant
listen to our petulent demands." demands are fully
in-line with the
desires majority of
the American people
and certainly of
Pelosi's constituents.
There really
is a problem Pelosi's pose of
when your powerlessness is
"representative clearly bogus --
government" she won't even
doesn't. threaten to block
funding.
Playing politics
to keep from seeming
like she's playing
politics?
Keeping her head
down, hoping the
Republicans will
continue to screw
up... no matter
how many die in the
meantime. No matter
the damage to US
finances.
"On occasion, denizens of the green movement
have been known to slip into 'holier than
thou' mode, behaviors that Think Tank
experts unfailingly generalize from - to the
universe of all greens past present and to
come. The non-sequitor attacks do begin from
a valid a point, however, as anybody can can
over-blow a problem, or waste time going
after convenient targets while missing the
*real* bad actors. (Favorite recent example:
Greenpeace attacking Apple mainly for using
a few cm of vinyl wire in each PC.)
"With the risk of climate catastrophe
looming, and nascent activist and
communications strategies being tested,
contemporary green movements are, like the
heritage green activists of the 1960's, at
risk of facing circular firing squads of
their own making - pivoting towards
political self destruction by playing into
the hands of a wide range of opponents. Just
one small example: recently the climate
restoration services company Planktos took
some hits from green NGO's."
[ref]
Here we have the same pattern repeated...
The scream of "circular firing squad!"
to try to block any internal criticism,
valid or not.
Planktos may indeed be a fine
company engaged in interesting
work -- I'm not opposed to
"amelioration" strategies
myself -- but it could also
turn out that one of Planktos
restoration strategies could
go astray, and cause more harm
than good.
Environmentalists may be knee-jerk
with their "don't mess with mother
nature" attitude, but it really
*is* a at least a valid concern.
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