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#11
06-25-2007, 11:26 AM
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Re: *** Official anarchist quotes thread ***
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We disapprove of state education. Then the socialists say that we are opposed to any education. We object to a state religion. Then the socialists say that we want no religion at all. [/ QUOTE ] We are against creating state-created strawmen, yet we obviously create them ourselves. 
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#12
06-25-2007, 03:54 PM
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Re: *** Official anarchist quotes thread ***
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[ QUOTE ] We disapprove of state education. Then the socialists say that we are opposed to any education. We object to a state religion. Then the socialists say that we want no religion at all. [/ QUOTE ] We are against creating state-created strawmen, yet we obviously create them ourselves. [/ QUOTE ] Some statists may do this, but believe me, people do.
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#13
06-25-2007, 05:56 PM
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Re: *** Official anarchist quotes thread ***
Thomas Paine was a pro-democratic socialist. one of the fitst to use the word "democracy" in a positive light
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#14
06-25-2007, 06:05 PM
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Re: *** Official anarchist quotes thread ***
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[ QUOTE ] We disapprove of state education. Then the socialists say that we are opposed to any education. We object to a state religion. Then the socialists say that we want no religion at all. [/ QUOTE ] We are against creating state-created strawmen, yet we obviously create them ourselves. [/ QUOTE ] The education thing happens pretty often. Dunno why you'd think it was a straw man. Never heard of the religion thing though.
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#15
06-25-2007, 06:10 PM
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Re: *** Official anarchist quotes thread ***
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] "Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune." --Chomsky [/ QUOTE ] I like this one. [/ QUOTE ] I don't. It is too suggestive that minority beliefs are inherently better than widely held "conventional doctrine". It's a smug way of saying "Sure, everyone disagrees with me but that's because I'm too smart and ahead of the game for them to follow what I'm saying." [/ QUOTE ] Eh it reads like a double edged sword to me. Sure every nut(s) will be comforted by the quote saying exactly what you quoted, but there is truth to the idea that a sort of "groupthink malaise" tends to set in when people grow used to the status quo. I think "Nothing, no matter how oft repeated, is above examination" would be a good quote along similar lines. Cody
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