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The Attempted Murder of the Dialectic at THE NEW YORK TIMES, the Stalinist Purge of James Bennett

This Blogger’s father was a Trotskyite; as such he worshiped the    dialectic “… .  the art of investigating or discussing the truth of opinions. ” Which may be the reason why this Blogger, as an undergraduate, attended meetings of both the left wing SDS(STUDENTS    FOR a DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY) and the right wing, YAF(YOUNG AMERICANS FOR FREEDOM). That experience taught this Blogger that no one political organization, or viewpoint has ALL THE TRUTH…..some political organizations have some of the truth, maybe most of the truth, but not all of the truth. It takes the Dialectic to get as close to the truth as possible.   One of the most disturbing highlights of the current unrest in America is how many Liberals are closet Stalinists, opposed to the Dialectic. 2020 American Liberals believe, by the process of Group Think, that they have the whole truth, and that their truth is ex –cathedra. That Stalinist frenzy was exposed in the American Liberal Media by the James Bennett Purge, at t