February 15, 2011:
He differentiates the groups based on gossip: this one has the reputation for neurotic behavior in coalitions; that one has a leader who drinks. Comic and dumb: they can't be serious formations because they haven't split enough. Gleeful repetition of unsubstantiated stories.
Repeats the pattern when there are conflicts within our own organization. She's a good leader, she's just being driven crazy by her love affair with XYZ.
When the war comes he refuses to reorient, extending his crude interpersonal analysis to the ruling class: they're only bluffing.
Our tradition has spoken for decades of "the crisis of leadership". In my opinion we should equally stress the crisis of membership.
Unserious people are a waste of energy. Better fewer but better.