a critique of the march on Sandton

Chuck Munson chuck at tao.ca
Sat Sep 7 19:43:46 PDT 2002


Brian O. Strawman wrote:


> Your cheerleading for primitvist or post-leftism or whatever has caught
> your fancy for the moment, however, has caused a lot of disagrement in the
> anarchist community. And I don't need tospeak to some invisible 3rd party
> to make that point - it's obvious simply in what you say.

Brian: Have you figured out yet why anarchists refuse to discuss things with you? Do you understand why we dismiss your arguments? It's because you can't engage in an honest discussion without misrepresenting the views of your opponents. Not only do you have no floor to stand on in making these arguments, but you are falling like Wile E. Coyote.

I am not a cheerleader for primitivism of any kind. I never have argued for primitivism nor have I for a MINUTE considered myself to be a primitivist.

What you can't seem to grasp in your shallow understanding of politics is that some of us can come to conclusions quite independently of those things that you assume influence us. My opinions about technology do NOT come from primitivism, John Zerzan, or whatever "Evil Axis" you associate me with this week. If you really care to hear how I arrived at MY critique of technology, just ask, and I'll go over it.

Chuck0

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