Don Monkerud wrote, in part:
>I too have been thinking about that review and found myself very critical
>of premise that many crossed over to become both left and right behind a
>facade of libertarianism.
>
>There were certainly many contradictions as we tried to plow our own row
>and I think Sandra gets closer to the real questions.
>
>The original post was filled with political meanings, which I feel was a
>set up to salve the consciousness of those who want to support someone
>like Pat Buchannan. I'm appalled at the very suggestion that someone who
>wants to put me in jail somehow becomes an ally. There was never a
>connection between the button down boys at the YAF and SDS that I knew
>about. Sure the book under review could find 35 people who crossed between
>the two, but then given America, you could probably find many such
>combinations; it doesn't represent a movement. (Listen to the right wing
>talk shows and you'll find they want to make alliances with the WTO
>protesters for their own ends.)
I think that the link between YAF and SDS (actually, some of each)
essentially stems from a libertarian spirit that many in both camps shared
- thus both could oppose the draft, although YAF supported the Vietnam War
and SDS did not - in my own research, which focused on YAF, I found
examples of cooperation and I seem to remember that all of them came from
libertarians in YAF -
John Andrew
John Andrew email: J_ANDREW@ACAD.FANDM.EDU
Department of History fax 717-399-4518
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster, PA. 17604-3003
"Fantasy Will Set You Free" - Steppenwolf
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