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Science Fiction Fan, v. 2, issue 8, March 1938
Page 7
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FAN Page 7 SPEER SHROYER and COMPANY By J.B. MICHEL Perhaps the queerest people in all stf is that clucking group of old hens who not only fail to recognize the basic principles of the field but also become apologists for their do-nothing crew and polemicists against the progressive forces. As a Marxist, I know of a very excellent means of analysis of debunking them and exposing them in their true light. But this searching examination would dredge down to the very bottom of the psychological and historic basis of the case would necessitate thousands of words and would require a high degree of understanding of Marxist thought on the part of the opposition. A simpler method exists. It would indeed be and absurdity and a waste of time for me to argue against Speer and Shroyer who seem to be the spokesmen for the opposition on purely Ideological and tactical grounds. This method of attack has been used with great success by we of the progressive group on the open minds in stf. But it is obvious that it is not a question of convincing them or the people they speak for of the necessity of joining this or that revolutionary or reformist program, but a much more difficult one; persuading they and them of the need for change and imbuing them with the desire for change. The base of the question, must, therefore, be first considered. Not toward an attempt to
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FAN Page 7 SPEER SHROYER and COMPANY By J.B. MICHEL Perhaps the queerest people in all stf is that clucking group of old hens who not only fail to recognize the basic principles of the field but also become apologists for their do-nothing crew and polemicists against the progressive forces. As a Marxist, I know of a very excellent means of analysis of debunking them and exposing them in their true light. But this searching examination would dredge down to the very bottom of the psychological and historic basis of the case would necessitate thousands of words and would require a high degree of understanding of Marxist thought on the part of the opposition. A simpler method exists. It would indeed be and absurdity and a waste of time for me to argue against Speer and Shroyer who seem to be the spokesmen for the opposition on purely Ideological and tactical grounds. This method of attack has been used with great success by we of the progressive group on the open minds in stf. But it is obvious that it is not a question of convincing them or the people they speak for of the necessity of joining this or that revolutionary or reformist program, but a much more difficult one; persuading they and them of the need for change and imbuing them with the desire for change. The base of the question, must, therefore, be first considered. Not toward an attempt to
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