Date: Sun, 2 May 1999 09:22:06 -0500 (EST) From: danceswithcarp <dcombs-AT-bloomington.in.us> Subject: Re: Fuck the Left? (Unka sez) On Sat, 1 May 1999, Dave Hayman pieced together a perfect example of fuzziness: > I think the Left is best > understood as a direction, toward mutual trust and respect, away from > domination and exploitation. Theoretical communists are considered "left" aren't they? > When a government becomes more > authoritarian, it is NOT going left. It is true that a lot of those on > the left have broad authoritarian streaks in them. Practicing communists then are what? "Left?" Or "right" since they are hell-bent on practical authoritarianism? But at what point does a commmie jump from one end of the spectrum to the other? Or if they don't, then does this mean that practicing commies are down on the same end of the "spectrum" as anarchists who claim the "leftist" label? Sorry. I'd rather not be in the same room as the commies, let alone standing next to them at the neighborhood bar graph. carp
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