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During the Vietnam War, I turned in my draft card, along with about 90 other young men, at a demonstration in Central Park in NYC. Afterward, we split into six groups to discuss what we had done and what it might mean for our future.
During the discussion, the men who thought they would go to jail started sniping at the ones who were considering Canada as an option. The inmates-to-be thought theirs was the higher moral stand.
I did not participate in the discussion. I was appalled.
I think this has always been the downfall of the left.
I can't speak from the inside (i.e., as a woman) about the BUST bashing, but I do know that I strongly agree with your last paragraph that we should take aim at the enemy and "reserve the heavy artillery for the political action itself."
