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Comment on What has changed. What has stayed the same. by Doug

Doug — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:55:42 +0000

Excited about the books, perhaps I’ll have to hit you this weekend and get a copy.

I think the Occupy and Bash Back books are exciting because they offer cool things that people across the states and the world can get their fingers into and get excited about. They’re great for tabling, giving to people, and having in a anarchist space.

Looking forward to what else comes out.

Q: What’s the difference between Ardent and LBC Books?

Comment on The Four That Should Not Be One by gilbert

gilbert — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:42:00 +0000

‘America’ is a much younger political entity than ‘Europe’. The national consciousness, and/including the anarchist consciousness, have had far less time to develop. Old continents, like old people, find immaturity disagreeable.

Comment on The Four That Should Not Be One by Konsider

Konsider — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:15:57 +0000

Just a few thoughts about your article:
I am constantly reading and hearing anarchists proclaiming what we “should” do. More than anyone they are in denial of this because being an anarchist is, more often than not, a masquerade, a disguise that pretends to be transcending the capitalist authoritarian societal psyche.

Comment on But What About the Vegans!? by Old Ex Friend

Old Ex Friend — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:13:16 +0000

ALF, Your comments could succinctly sum up the entirety of this blog post as well as 99 % of Aragorn’s other blatherings in the first 5 words preceeding the comma in your post. Go back to Europe! The milk is better there! The long windedness of this warm breeze has gone on for a lengthy stretch now.

London Calling?

Comment on But What About the Vegans!? by aragorn

aragorn — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:22:10 +0000

ALF: Thanks for your input. You make a strong case.

matt: I agree that I am using a specific definition of anarchist here that is worth unpacking. The anarchist-for-the-scene (aka dilettante) is the kind of anarchist that I rarely socialize with. This is counter-posed (at least in my mind) with the anarchist-that-does-projects. Those people, and those projects, continue to interest me. Thanks for providing me with the opportunity to clarify my thought on this point.

Comment on But What About the Vegans!? by matt lucas

matt lucas — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:12:11 +0000

A lot of people that travel overseas come home not being vegan anymore. Good to know you’re part of the crowd.

“In many ways my criticism of veganism is similar to the reasons why I rarely socialize with anarchists.”

You almost solely socialize with anarchists. Your social circle over the years has been composed of people that have been engaged in anarchist projects and to the extent that they are involved in anarchist projects is to the extent that you socialize with them. This statement is a pretty clear indication of your personal myopia, you can’t see the world around you clearly enough to realize your place in it.

Otherwise this essay is primarily a long winded excuse to eat some cheese.

Comment on But What About the Vegans!? by EL CHAVO!

EL CHAVO! — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 02:04:48 +0000

I’ve given up on a few identities while still doing the things that define them. It’s a good move.
BTW, eating eggs is infanticide. Yummy infanticide.

Comment on But What About the Vegans!? by ALF

ALF — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 23:35:55 +0000

You’re a self righteous imbecile, making a long winded excuse for giving up on veganism, to make your conscience feel better.
It is not about products, or being better than anyone else. It is not even for you, or about you. It is for the billions of animals murdered every year.
Attitudes like yours are the ones that made me ashamed to speak up for so long because someone always had an argument as to why they should be allowed to do as they wish (be it eat meat, be racist, sexist, homophobic, etc), and not have someone tell them how to live, speak, or think.
They always jump on the defensive usually before I’ve even said more than ‘I’m vegan’(or the equivalent) in the apprehension they’d be chastised for their weak minded attitudes towards those subjects.
Go curl up with your copy of the vegetarian myth with all the other ex vegan self righteous anarchist sell outs.
Who sit there thinking they’ve found an excuse for there weak backbone in not being able to resist eating the flesh of another, purely for there own greed.

Meat is still murder! Dairy is still rape! A positive step to ending murder is better than your step backwards!

Comment on We had a debate and the results were unfulfilling by leona

leona — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:30:23 +0000

i think the point was more to have fun (include more people) than to change anyone’s mind. dispersed responsibility is easier to deal with.

Comment on But What About the Vegans!? by aragorn

aragorn — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 07:27:28 +0000