Rafiq
18th October 2016, 21:09
The reason I have been inactive on the forum is because in my view the forum remains as far as the topics are concerned - indefinitely - at a certain theoretical level of development for individuals. This is in part because new individuals are always joining, and topics are encompassed which I myself have not only dealt with in the past - but other individuals who preceded me have as well. Thus, Revleft always remains at the general pacing and consciousness of the Left (let's just say it's "younger portion") itself - and I regret that my extensive work here has not been able to make the ripple-effect of altering that (online) to even a slight degree.
One gets a certain feeling of futility from this - that I am condemned simply to repeating my posts in various different ways - which of course can be refreshing, which of course can breed new insights, which is why I will not go as far as to say I am completely done posting forever. But as far as what I am able to offer to an audience, I am attempting to make a shift over to my blog, which you can find here: https://jrachblog.wordpress.com/
What this shift means is that my new posts are no longer going to be short posts which are appropriate to forums but posts which encompass issues in far more detail - and in such a way that their archiving can be more organized too. And of course nothing is definite - and of course - by no means have I thrown in the towel. I may eventually have to return 'just like before'. We'll see. For now it seems like someone has pressed a reset button on Revleft -as far as its general discourse is concerned. Of course - should the shitstorms of the past re-emerge - I will be dutifully ready at a moment's notice.
With that being said, I am still committed to the forum and to helping individuals who feel they are lost. Which is why I still am actively logging in here, practically daily, in case, and if anyone whatsoever is curious, feels lost, about any issue of pertinence that concerns our tradition, I will be readily available to help. My inactivity here does not mean I have abandoned Revleft.
If it seems like there is a large sense of self-importance in this post, it is only because: I have had a consistent reputation of being quite active on the forum, for being deeply engaged in a wide variety of topics. At the least I feel a sense of obligation to clarify what seems to be my disappearance - I am not even sure I have ever gone this long without having made a post before. I also say this because as many of you know, one of the reasons I have not been active is becasue I have decided to focus my energies elsewhere, on a particular text. However, when this post is completed - as well as when I am done cleaning up the dirt that it might inspire - I am still going to try and make the transition (again, only insofar as revleft remains in its 'reset' mode - and old controversies remain archived things of the past, in other words, not revived) to my blog.
One gets a certain feeling of futility from this - that I am condemned simply to repeating my posts in various different ways - which of course can be refreshing, which of course can breed new insights, which is why I will not go as far as to say I am completely done posting forever. But as far as what I am able to offer to an audience, I am attempting to make a shift over to my blog, which you can find here: https://jrachblog.wordpress.com/
What this shift means is that my new posts are no longer going to be short posts which are appropriate to forums but posts which encompass issues in far more detail - and in such a way that their archiving can be more organized too. And of course nothing is definite - and of course - by no means have I thrown in the towel. I may eventually have to return 'just like before'. We'll see. For now it seems like someone has pressed a reset button on Revleft -as far as its general discourse is concerned. Of course - should the shitstorms of the past re-emerge - I will be dutifully ready at a moment's notice.
With that being said, I am still committed to the forum and to helping individuals who feel they are lost. Which is why I still am actively logging in here, practically daily, in case, and if anyone whatsoever is curious, feels lost, about any issue of pertinence that concerns our tradition, I will be readily available to help. My inactivity here does not mean I have abandoned Revleft.
If it seems like there is a large sense of self-importance in this post, it is only because: I have had a consistent reputation of being quite active on the forum, for being deeply engaged in a wide variety of topics. At the least I feel a sense of obligation to clarify what seems to be my disappearance - I am not even sure I have ever gone this long without having made a post before. I also say this because as many of you know, one of the reasons I have not been active is becasue I have decided to focus my energies elsewhere, on a particular text. However, when this post is completed - as well as when I am done cleaning up the dirt that it might inspire - I am still going to try and make the transition (again, only insofar as revleft remains in its 'reset' mode - and old controversies remain archived things of the past, in other words, not revived) to my blog.