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If an accusation has been made, it deserves due process without being automatically buried as a smear.
Everyone deserves a fair hearing & some comments I've seen regarding the NIP allegations are very uncomfortable.
Everyone deserves a fair hearing & some comments I've seen regarding the NIP allegations are very uncomfortable.
These include accusing those simply asking about it of “spreading a smear.”
The Corbyn/antisemitism campaign has put everybody on alert, which is understandable, and bad faith actors amplify this, which is true.
The Corbyn/antisemitism campaign has put everybody on alert, which is understandable, and bad faith actors amplify this, which is true.
But that was a state-sponsored campaign from the highest level. This is not the same thing, and as a separate matter, it should not influence judgment on different claims from another direction.
Automatically burying a claim because it hurts the movement is SWP like behavior. There is a long history in politics of suppressing victims' voices by shouting “smear.”
Instead of doubling down and insisting it can't be true out of hand, we should be reaching out to those who are making the claims and getting to the bottom of exactly what has gone on here.
If there's nothing to it, great, move on. We knew there would be smears, and we knew they'd come from many directions.
If there is something to it, then we need to understand what went wrong and how this can be resolved.
If there is something to it, then we need to understand what went wrong and how this can be resolved.
A people’s party must be transparent, and if we’re going to shut down all questions out of hand, then it's going to go in a terrible direction.
Everybody wants this to work, and with transparency, fairness, tolerance, and listening, it will change things in this this country for years to come.
I will wait for developments.
I will wait for developments.
