Please try and be more
December 2025 › Forums › World Socialist Movement › Kent and Sussex Branch › Please try and be more
Please try and be more tolerant and less abrasive in your replies……I am only offering an opinion, it’s not personal although it comes across as you taking it so.Maybe others haven’t objected, I don’t know. All I am saying is that for some, having their names put out in meetings and minutes on a publicly accessable forum is something they may find uncomfortable, that’s all.I have mentioned it here purely because that’s where the discussion is, it is not in particular relation to the K&SB, but a Party wide issue – perhaps it deserves it’s own thread instead?I don’t think it is a massive deal, but I do think it is a valid point and perhaps something that could be off-putting for some people. As the name of the game is trying to attract people into the fold, why start by taking a course of action that instantly makes people wary of us in the first place?If I went along out of interest to any meeting about anything, I don’t think I would be comfortable about my name being taken and then placed in the public domain, it just feels uncomfortable and I am sure others would agree, not nessecarily those already attending.I don’t mind my name appearing in the Standard or internal documents or Party literature etc., as generally one would assume this is being accessed by those of an interested and sympathetic nature. However, I am more concerned about it appearing in this context which is accessible by all and searchable by Google far more readily than other internet pages based on my name alone.As I said, it’s not a big deal, but it could be and could put people off. And given the fact that we struggle like hell to attract members as it is, is it worth the argument?Are other comrades reading this thread – what are your opinions then?
