gwern comments on Poll—Is endless September a threat to LW and what should be done?

[gwern]

I second these motions… with a vengeance. For is it not said:

The revolutionary war is a war of the masses; it can be waged only by mobilizing the masses and relying on them.

and

Liberalism is extremely harmful in a revolutionary collective. It is a corrosive which eats away unity, undermines cohesion, causes apathy and creates dissension. It robs the revolutionary ranks of compact organization and strict discipline, prevents policies from being carried through and alienates the Party organizations from the masses which the Party leads. It is an extremely bad tendency.

and especially:

To criticize the people’s shortcomings is necessary, . . . but in doing so we must truly take the stand of the people and speak out of whole-hearted eagerness to protect and educate them.