{"id":323482,"date":"2017-09-08T20:57:31","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T19:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?p=323482"},"modified":"2017-09-08T20:57:31","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T19:57:31","slug":"the-left-calls-out-the-left-vol-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/the-left-calls-out-the-left-vol-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The Left Calls Out the Left"},"content":{"rendered":"

As an antiwar activist, I feel a responsibility to denounce the\u00a0conduct\u00a0of many of my colleagues with whom I generally share common ideologies. Their actions, and the condoning of their actions\u00a0by others on\u00a0the left, are, in part, driven by\u00a0anger, reverse racism, white guilt (as defined by Shelby Steele<\/a>), bullying, anti-Trumpism, intolerance to those\u00a0with differing opinions, identity politics and hyper-PC culturism. \u00a0A segment of the oppressed of the past (e.g. women, black people, LGBT) have become oppressors today.<\/p>\n

Because antiwar activists are generally labeled as being \u2018on the left\u2019, any hypocritical, violent or repressive behavior by others on the left reflects poorly on antiwar activism. Below is a sampling of such behavior:<\/p>\n