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27-01-2015, 10:40 PM
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
See! Opposition parties always self-destruct! They are led by mini-LKYs, except that they are losers and not achievers in life!
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Why I Left
The SDP has many good people. But unfortunately few of them speak up for the party's purported principles. (I know: Can't speak up internally, how to speak truth to power?) This has been an ongoing disappointment to me. Because, seriously: If one can't or won't speak up internally, how can one be expected to speak truth to power? (I view this more as an admonition to action rather than a slur.)
So the thing is, CSJ is stubborn, jealous and egotistical. The first is well established, and the latter two are characteristics that a number of people in the party or who have left will attest are true. It makes working with him a pain, but this is arguably okay since people have their flaws. I will add one more which severely peeves me. He is closed minded, refusing to accept the general principle that good policy proposals are based on overarching public objectives, are as rigorous as possible, and should be shown to be implementable (for instance, with a sketch of a roadmap). Certainly, I believe this is tied to his ego, which makes him a poor leader. (I mean, producing policy proposals that meeting those guidelines will only put the party, and by association him, in a good light. Right?)
Generically speaking, a leader must be personally knowledgeable enough, open-minded enough and energetic enough for an organization to be healthy, and more so for it to thrive. CSJ fails on those counts (except "energy", a criterion which a non-hereditary leader is unlikely to fail on). Additionally, for political parties, it is strongly desirable for the leaders to have integrity. Noting the present tense, that does not mean having lived a spotless life. Rather, it means that one has already dealt with one's "integrity issues" in the past.
Jeremy Chen
Former SDP Member
Full article at http://therealsingapore.com/content/...mocratic-party (http://therealsingapore.com/content/jeremy-chen-why-i-left-singapore-democratic-party)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?199073-SDP-Supporter-Walks-Off!-Chee-Stubbon-Jealous-amp-Egotistical!&goto=newpost).
See! Opposition parties always self-destruct! They are led by mini-LKYs, except that they are losers and not achievers in life!
Quote:
Why I Left
The SDP has many good people. But unfortunately few of them speak up for the party's purported principles. (I know: Can't speak up internally, how to speak truth to power?) This has been an ongoing disappointment to me. Because, seriously: If one can't or won't speak up internally, how can one be expected to speak truth to power? (I view this more as an admonition to action rather than a slur.)
So the thing is, CSJ is stubborn, jealous and egotistical. The first is well established, and the latter two are characteristics that a number of people in the party or who have left will attest are true. It makes working with him a pain, but this is arguably okay since people have their flaws. I will add one more which severely peeves me. He is closed minded, refusing to accept the general principle that good policy proposals are based on overarching public objectives, are as rigorous as possible, and should be shown to be implementable (for instance, with a sketch of a roadmap). Certainly, I believe this is tied to his ego, which makes him a poor leader. (I mean, producing policy proposals that meeting those guidelines will only put the party, and by association him, in a good light. Right?)
Generically speaking, a leader must be personally knowledgeable enough, open-minded enough and energetic enough for an organization to be healthy, and more so for it to thrive. CSJ fails on those counts (except "energy", a criterion which a non-hereditary leader is unlikely to fail on). Additionally, for political parties, it is strongly desirable for the leaders to have integrity. Noting the present tense, that does not mean having lived a spotless life. Rather, it means that one has already dealt with one's "integrity issues" in the past.
Jeremy Chen
Former SDP Member
Full article at http://therealsingapore.com/content/...mocratic-party (http://therealsingapore.com/content/jeremy-chen-why-i-left-singapore-democratic-party)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?199073-SDP-Supporter-Walks-Off!-Chee-Stubbon-Jealous-amp-Egotistical!&goto=newpost).