tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post7336720372738843594..comments2023-10-24T11:03:41.388-05:00Comments on ladypoverty: Might people who think differently share anything in common?J.R. Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09076895859826581960noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-2498748989975341912010-04-18T13:30:16.251-05:002010-04-18T13:30:16.251-05:00That's a good question.
I mean not coming a...That's a good question. <br /><br />I mean not coming at people wearing "anarchism!" on your sleeve when the likelihood is that this will communicate zero to them, and subsequently require that they wait patiently while you "explain" it to them. This alienates people in pretty short order -- to say nothing of brandishing symbols and other forms of representation that are alien to them. <br /><br />This is not anarchism as far as I'm concerned; it is proselytism -- regardless of the tradition it purports to represent. <br /><br />We can't approach people expecting them to conform to <i>our</i> preconceptions; there's no realm in life in which this works, except through coercion, and even then it works poorly.<br /><br />We approach people in order to understand and learn from <i>them</i> first. That means people we don't agree with, <i>in particular</i>. Once we understand other people, "anarchism" can happen; but given the cultural traditions of the United States it may not go by that name. These are things that anarchists need to account for if they ever want to build a broader movement in this country.JRBhttp://ladypoverty.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-33656596844554225112010-04-18T12:17:33.840-05:002010-04-18T12:17:33.840-05:00"actually behaving like one" means what ..."actually behaving like one" means what exactly?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-50794912345186190912010-04-16T19:04:07.461-05:002010-04-16T19:04:07.461-05:00word.word.fledermausnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-55273013254821801452010-04-16T17:48:13.113-05:002010-04-16T17:48:13.113-05:00Granted, many tea partiers also want budget cuts r...Granted, many tea partiers also want budget cuts rather than job creation:<br /><br />http://theactivist.org/blog/the-anatomy-of-teabagging#commentsJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-26777907746548491692010-04-16T12:23:38.135-05:002010-04-16T12:23:38.135-05:00This.This.Jack Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.com