Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 22:42:01 -0800
From: Joshua Houk <jlhouk-AT-uswest.net>
Subject: Re: Anarchism: Two Kinds




Joshua Houk wrote:
> 
> Mumpsimus fwded:
> 
> > Anarchism: Two Kinds
> > by Wendy McElroy
> 
> [kersnippity]
> 
> > This is not American anarchism. Individualist anarchism, the
> > indigenous form of the political philosophy, stands in rigorous
> > opposition to attacking the person or property of individuals.
> 
> [kersnippity redux]
> 
> > Left anarchism (socialist and communist) are foreign imports that
> > flooded the country like cheap goods during the 19th century. Many of
> > these anarchists (especially those escaping Russia) introduced
> > lamentable traits into American radicalism.
> 
> Hell, you don't need to analyse McElroy's politics. You just need to
> lambast her thinly veiled racism.
> 
> joshua h