> There is no "the left". This is a shibboleth that you have created. He did use the "the left" in a kind of shibboleth-y way, but I think you actually mean "s

> There is no "the left". This is a shibboleth that you have created. He did use the "the left" in a kind of shibboleth-y way, but I think you actually mean "straw man" here.