This is such an old paradigm conversation.<br><br>First of all - yes I've seen anti-semetic signs at OWS, and next to them there's usually soemone with a sign that says "we don't support this person." <br>
<br>Second, the fact that so many folks won't collaborate with each other because they have different political beliefs is why we're in this mess. It's old paradigm thinking and it's preventing a lot of much needed production from taking place.<br>
<br>Third, the arguments that you mention against Ron Paul are straight out of the progressive media press releases. Do some independent research. Look into the effects of the war on drugs, US colonialism and the Federal Reserve and tell me that those policies aren't absolutely terrible and need to end.<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Natalie Golovin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:10natalie@cox.net">10natalie@cox.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<div>Regret using the term “lot’s of”-that IS something I’ve picked up on the
net. But I personally have seen 3 on TV newscasts. The point is I fear where
you’re going with this. It resembles political control in line with Southern
segregation- at best encouraging people to disguise their preferences (promoting
a surreptitious social atmosphere) and at worst, an Orwellian nightmare. Tyranny
of the mob like Govt tyranny is still tyranny-and all in the name of a better
society.</div>
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natalie,<br><br>I know this is a popular meme with the right, and you even say,
'lots of', but, can you show me one picture with antisemitic slogans, I have
seen hundreds of pictures, been to zuccoti, and not seen a single one ..<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Natalie Golovin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:10natalie@cox.net" target="_blank">10natalie@cox.net</a>></span>
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<div>Unless someone breaks the law, or encourages, provokes, assists illegal
acts, how can you justify not cooperating with them? First, in many cases-you
may never know what’s “ in their hearts.’” In a Democratic-General Assembly
kind of system-how can you exclude people because they don’t share your value
system? You draw the line with personal relationships and voluntary acts like
not working for a polluter, or voting for an anti-gay politician. There have
been many Anti-Semitic signs at OWS protests. Do you not go because they are
there? Kick them out? Less than full inclusion turns freedom of speech, or any
other freedom into a mockery-just another kind of segregation.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 6:40 PM, Christian Siefkes
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<div>Michel Bauwens wrote:<br>> On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 9:31 PM,
Christian Siefkes <<a href="mailto:christian@siefkes.net" target="_blank">christian@siefkes.net</a>>wrote:<br></div>
<div>>> > Would you work with the Ku Klux Klan if it could help
foster your goals?<br>>> > Where do you draw the
line?<br>><br>> good question, I would draw the line with explicitely
'anti-p2p' forces<br>> such as racism, genderism, etc
..<br><br></div>Yes, that sounds reasonable. Peer production requires
treating others as<br>your peers, as equals, and anybody with racist,
homophobic, sexist,<br>anti-semitic views won't be able to do that, hence
their participation is<br>likely do to more bad than
good.<br><br>Anti-abortion is about denying women's right over their own
bodies (while,<br>of course, men's rights over their bodies are never put in
doubt), hence it<br>is equally 'anti-p2p'.<br></blockquote>
<div><br><br>well, the last thing is a bit more problematic for me, I see this
as an ethical opinion; for example, I have worked and communicated with
catholic distributists, who are very egalitarian (support distributing
proprety, catholic worker movement, live in collectives without property etc
..) but find abortion objectionable because of their egalitarianism .. of
course, I disagree with this, but I find it has little practical
importance in the cooperation<br></div>
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<div><br>> a question for you: if you are working on a piece of free
software, and you<br>> discover your co-developer is KKK, would you stop
working with her?<br>><br>> these are by no means easy questions,
FLOSS is full of libertarians, whose<br>> values I object to
...<br><br></div>I know. Eric Raymond's pro-gun standpoint and some of his
possible<br>more-or-less racists sayings haven't stopped me from quoting his
insights<br>about free software. </blockquote>
<div><br>they are also majorly wrong in the bazaar/cathedral metaphor
<g>; the cathedrals were very participatory and distributed efforts
involving the whole population ..<br><br> </div>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid;MARGIN:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;PADDING-LEFT:1ex" class="gmail_quote">Some time ago I discovered that the author of a
little<br>piece of free software I'm using has shockingly right-wing
views:<br><a href="http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/enemies/" target="_blank">http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/enemies/</a> . That didn't
stop me from using<br>his software, nor from contributing a little patch
back to him, of course.<br><br>So I don't think people having personal views
contrary to my own is a<br>problem as long as it doesn't hinder cooperation
in a project. But on the<br>other hand I would think it very wrong to invite
people with such<br>standpoints precisely *because of* their standpoints --
which is what<br>anybody who talks about "building an alliance with the Tea
Party" is<br>proposing to do.<br></blockquote>
<div><br>I agree, I would oppose any formal cooperation with tea party
organisations, they are a very dangerous, fascism-inducing political force;
but a few people call themselves that way and are pro-open source
libertarians; they should disown the label instead of claiming that they are
the true TP'ers and all the others are fake.<br></div>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid;MARGIN:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;PADDING-LEFT:1ex" class="gmail_quote"><br>And, of course, if (say) an openly racist person's
participation in a<br>project would cause black people to leave to product,
or discourage them<br>from joining it, since they could feel no longer
welcome, then it would be<br>the racist who would have to leave so as to
correct the situation. I hope we<br>agree on that?<br></blockquote>
<div><br>yes<br><br> <br></div>
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<div><br>> what do you think of nader's alliance with ron paul, around
the 3<br>> priorities of ending the war, ending the war on drugs and 3
??<br><br></div>"and 3"? Ending wars, and ending the war on drugs are fine
goals, and it<br>seems to me that Ron Paul is by far not the worst of the
Tea Party--near<br>candidates currently running. Nevertheless I suppose that
such alliances<br>will ultimately do more bad than good, since they will
increase acceptance<br>for causes that are anti-emancipatory and
'anti-p2p'.<br></blockquote>
<div><br><br>ron paul also has quite terrible positions on civil rights and
the like; I'm not sure if nader is correct is doing such an alliance, though I
respect Nader a lot; I think ows has a better position, by eschewing formal
political alliances altogether, and seeking broad commonality on a few key
goals <br><br>at least for the time being ... if time, circumstances and
maturation require much more radical steps, even such commonality may become
strained<br><br>Michel<br><br><br></div>
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