"Meet the New New Left: bold, fun, and stupid, " in TNR

Chuck0 chuck at tao.ca
Thu Apr 20 10:23:21 PDT 2000


rc-am wrote:


> "The problem is that mainstream anarchists--in order to avoid sectarian
> conflict, and as a result of their laissez-faire, decentralized spirit--won't
> condemn the violence of their bandanna-wearing fellows. They might agree that
> violence is a problem tactically, but they're too steeped in relativism to
> condemn fellow protesters and too ignorant of ideology to construct a moral
> case for nonviolence. In short, they're unable to do what the mainstream
> labor and civil rights movements did: disavow people who share their enemies
> but compromise their moral integrity."

Mainstream anarchists? Would that be those of us who do Time interviews and aren't from Eugene?

;-)

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