I should say that I don't know that the comments I saw were by "anarchists". The overwhelming reaction that I've seen to the latest Philly news has been very good (total opposition, protest, etc.), including among self-identified anarchists.
But every time a comment like that pops up, it annoys me no end. It's like going around saying "smash the state" in the context of austerity and dismantling of public functions.
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Message: 9 Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:11:00 -0400 From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Philadelphia School District announces its dissolution To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Message-ID: <44859E62-24E4-4AD8-BD47-0D544BF68A20 at panix.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
On Apr 26, 2012, at 10:05 AM, Seth K wrote:
> There were of course one or two comments on Facebook along
> the lines of "we should applaud this because public education is a tool of state indoctrination."
I just got that from some fucking "anarchist" on FB. Sometimes I think that neoliberalism couldn't dream up a better opposition than "anarchism."
Doug