Yes. This. This is the same stuff that was happening 50 years ago. The Young Socialist Alliance in constant battle with the Revolutionary Student Brigade or the Young Spartacists about who had the “correct” cultural analysis. In the meantime, activists like you were getting the job done.
The trashing of Hillary Clinton makes me nuts. Here’s a woman who has ALWAYS fought for the rights of women, for the safety of children, who served as a feminist beacon for those of us who were just beginning to understand the patriarchal nature of our world. She was taking crap for trying to pass healthcare before the purist leftists were embryos. Why did we always hear about Hillary Clinton and not (until very recently) Bernie Sanders? Because she was putting her ass on the line day after day, working hard for what she believed in, getting things done with people who didn’t necessarily share her ideology. Gasp! Does she have relationships on Wall Street? Well, it would be irresponsible to be Senator from New York and not. Has she made mistakes? Well, I guess so, but I’ve yet to meet the human who hasn’t. I’m not interested in politicians who never make mistakes, because those are people who aren’t working hard enough. Some people laughed at her when she called out the “vast right wing conspiracy,” but she was right about that, now wasn’t she? And the Russian attack on our elections? Who was right about THAT, her or Trump? And yet, who is our president? At least to some degree, we have the purist left to thank for that. They were impotent narcissists in the Sixties, and they are impotent narcissists now.
