Comments on: Cynical And Southern: “Radical” People Can Be So Damn Generic http://thenewgay.net/2011/06/radical-people-can-be-so-damn-generic.html For Everyone Over the Rainbow Fri, 24 May 2013 09:14:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Megan C. http://thenewgay.net/2011/06/radical-people-can-be-so-damn-generic.html#comment-46751 Megan C. Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:01:25 +0000 http://thenewgay.net/?p=63462#comment-46751 I (probably) couldn't have said it better myself. I (probably) couldn’t have said it better myself.

]]> By: claire http://thenewgay.net/2011/06/radical-people-can-be-so-damn-generic.html#comment-46580 claire Fri, 24 Jun 2011 02:47:35 +0000 http://thenewgay.net/?p=63462#comment-46580 you're just stereotyping. yeah, there's a lot of assholes who call themselves radical while they lap up their trust funds and perform their oh-so-predictable patch sewing, zine making lives. on the other side of things there's a whole lot of us radicals who work for change and don't fit the stereotype. i have a normal job, i'm not a vegan, or a punk, and i don't listen to matt and kim. but i do consider myself a radical because of my politics. so i don't understand the haterade towards radicals. we could use more people trying to make a difference, in my opinion. and i don't mean with zines, but with direct action (which is what i do). you’re just stereotyping. yeah, there’s a lot of assholes who call themselves radical while they lap up their trust funds and perform their oh-so-predictable patch sewing, zine making lives. on the other side of things there’s a whole lot of us radicals who work for change and don’t fit the stereotype. i have a normal job, i’m not a vegan, or a punk, and i don’t listen to matt and kim. but i do consider myself a radical because of my politics. so i don’t understand the haterade towards radicals. we could use more people trying to make a difference, in my opinion. and i don’t mean with zines, but with direct action (which is what i do).

]]> By: Chris http://thenewgay.net/2011/06/radical-people-can-be-so-damn-generic.html#comment-46571 Chris Thu, 23 Jun 2011 23:21:08 +0000 http://thenewgay.net/?p=63462#comment-46571 I totally agree... some things are radical. Putting your ass on the line and collectively striking at work at the risk of loosing your home is radical. Standing up as an illegal immigrant at the risk of being jailed or deported is radical. Soldiers who quit in protest of the war are radical. Ordinary people who actively support these and other acts have a stake in the word as well. Just because the cross stitch club full of punks, you write a zine or just being your vegan isn't in and of itself radical. They aren't bad things to do, but nor are they very hard or particularly challenging in a liberal capitalist country, especially when you carve out a separate under world for yourselfs and others to live in. Anarchists, I beg you, please stop killing this word! The whole "personal is political" therefore "radical" is empty rhetoric and kind of lazy. I totally agree… some things are radical. Putting your ass on the line and collectively striking at work at the risk of loosing your home is radical. Standing up as an illegal immigrant at the risk of being jailed or deported is radical. Soldiers who quit in protest of the war are radical. Ordinary people who actively support these and other acts have a stake in the word as well.

Just because the cross stitch club full of punks, you write a zine or just being your vegan isn’t in and of itself radical. They aren’t bad things to do, but nor are they very hard or particularly challenging in a liberal capitalist country, especially when you carve out a separate under world for yourselfs and others to live in.

Anarchists, I beg you, please stop killing this word! The whole “personal is political” therefore “radical” is empty rhetoric and kind of lazy.

]]> By: oddboyout http://thenewgay.net/2011/06/radical-people-can-be-so-damn-generic.html#comment-46569 oddboyout Thu, 23 Jun 2011 22:00:56 +0000 http://thenewgay.net/?p=63462#comment-46569 You're quite sure that piece wasn't comedy? You’re quite sure that piece wasn’t comedy?

]]> By: Levi http://thenewgay.net/2011/06/radical-people-can-be-so-damn-generic.html#comment-46565 Levi Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:44:29 +0000 http://thenewgay.net/?p=63462#comment-46565 CocoRosie is the most annoying band ever to exist. Jeremy, try going to school with one or two dozen of these kids. Yeah... CocoRosie is the most annoying band ever to exist.

Jeremy, try going to school with one or two dozen of these kids. Yeah…

]]> By: Doctor Whom http://thenewgay.net/2011/06/radical-people-can-be-so-damn-generic.html#comment-46558 Doctor Whom Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:04:57 +0000 http://thenewgay.net/?p=63462#comment-46558 It's yet another manifestation of the "nonconformist, like everyone else" syndrome. It’s yet another manifestation of the “nonconformist, like everyone else” syndrome.

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