Well, when one marxist proudly calls a comrade a marxist, I really have no reason to question his statement. Particularly when that comrade publishes in a marxist rag and I have ten other sources saying he is a Marxist. You question my motives but have never articulated that complaint. OTOH, you don't question the motives of Marxists. Why not?
I try to remember the debate is about science, not all the other fluff.
He may be a whack job when it comes to government and economics, but a brilliant scientist.
Einstein was like that but he couldn’t comb his own hair.
Hell I’M like that...I’m a hospice nurse but my “cooking” is so bad I can barely make a bowl of cold cereal. But I know what to do when someone starts dying.
The soviets beat us into space.
Besides, if a fellow marxist made a statement or postulated a theory that didn’t fit the ‘norm’, why wouldn’t you listen to him, if you’re a marxist?
It seems his view would carry more merit than say if a “capitalist pig” made such a statement.