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Well, apologies if you aren't identifying with one particular faction.
But the fact remains: the faction in charge currently is engaged in the kind of purges (real, not imagined) that would have been labelled 'Stalinist' had they been practised by the former leadership. Any talk of reselection was labelled 'Stalinist' by the Labour right and gratefully regurgitated by their mates in the media. So yeah, I'm happy to continue using the previously accepted vernacular where it applies.
E2a: did you think such language was infantile and unhelpful when it was being wielded back then and, if so, were you vocal about it? Genuine question. Because if not, you don't have an argument here.
Also E2a: I'm sorry; I don't know you from Adam. You may have no skin in this game. But I do. I was disbarred from the 2016 leadership election because my anonymous Twitter account referred to 'centrist morons' and the Labour staffers clearly spent time investigating tweets to tie them to members. It stank at the time, but no one believed us. So yeah, I'm a bit touchy about this.
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Apology appreciated but as your first response to not unconditionally accepting your viewpoint was to go down the tribal route which does no one any favours, perhaps have a think first?
Sorry, just seen you edited your post. I think use of phrases such as Stalinist infantile, whether or not I’ve challenged in in the past doesn’t effect whether or not I think it applies.
Sorry, you’ve edited again!! Thank you for the detail, do understand your perspective better.
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My side? Obviously?
I don’t have a side, just think references to Stalin and talk of purges are infantile and unhelpful.