I'm not for a moment saying I am a Trotskyite. I'm just saying, I don't take that much offence at being called a "Trot" - a slightly less explosive word than "Trotskyite" anyway.Ben@Forest wrote: ↑9 Apr 2021, 10:38amAs the 'People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs' Trotsky had a lot of people shot, including those who were nominally 'on his side'. In the Kronstadt Uprising several thousands were executed (rather than killed in fighting) and prisoners continued to be killed for years afterward. I'm not sure I'd like to be associated with being a 'Trot'.
I'd take even less offence if I were called merely a "leftie", which is a very vague designation....