In this post, I drew on the past expulsion of the Waffle to explain the current state of some NDP bloggers and their inability to respond to constructive criticism of the current state of the party.
Perhaps the creation of the Blogging Waffle isn't that far off.
I don't care if we waffle, as long as we waffle to the left!
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I drew on the past expulsion of the Waffle to explain the current state of some NDP bloggers and their inability to respond to constructive criticism of the current state of the party.
Uh, no, you did not constructively criticize the party, you outright attacked it.
But it's all a moot point anyways. The fact is, there are creeps out there that will use any excuse to attack us all, and they are more dangerous than you can be.
So I do apologize for the comments I have made against you. I made a few unwarranted assumptions regarding yourself.
And really, I'm not the partisan hack you think I am. Let's just say, I think that the Blogging Dippers were unfairly attacked by the party today in their damage control on the action of one person.
Time to ensure the future of the Blogging Dippers together.
Look, we might have the different definitions of 'constructive criticism,' but my intention in these instances was never to 'attack' the party, as you put it.
If you read the posts, you'd realize my intention is in fact to see the party grow and thrive, but in my estimation, the only way that growth can be legitimate is if the party embraces a left-wing outlook and moves away from the social-democratic path that it has increasingly followed. I'm not overly attached to orange signs and three letter (NDP), but I do strongly believe in the ideology and politcs the party once put forward. I see the NDP as a vehicle for the transformation of our society, not simply as a mechanism to gain seats.
That being said, when the party needs to be attacked, then it needs to be attacked. The times in which you claim I attacked the party I was merely identifying some flaws I see. 1) the hand puppet incident. There's no other way to explain it. That's a joke. Fighting asbestos is very important, puppets are just silly 2) the decline in polls. it's laughable that the NDP is tied with the Greens. It's also laughable (or sad) that it struggles to distinguish itself from many left-leaning liberals. I'm forced to ask why? Well, the way I see it, it's the party's lack of a coherent ideology and its move toward an already crowded political centre.
As far as agreement, I think we can both agree that Cherniak is an idiot, and that the party itself over-reacted. Then again, I haven't commented on that incident at all.
Your apology is accepted. Like I say, I'd love to see the NDP form the next government. That being said, it can't be a liberal government that goes by the name of NDP.
I'm the one that loves to attack the NDP. That's cause they're a useless millstone around the collective neck of the left. Ad Hominem attack! Pow!
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