Guest guest Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 ....there is a desperate need to pursue a variety of nonviolent tactics that offer promise of contributing to both the wellbeing and the liberation of animals. By attacking those who want to expand our approaches to animal advocacy as they try to hit upon the combination of tactics that will work best, one-track activists have abandoned reason and wedded themselves to blind faith. Their approach to activism reverses the logical order of things. Instead of saying, “This strategy works; therefore, it is right,” they say " This strategy is ideologically pure; therefore, if we just stick with it, it will have to work eventually. " Full essay here: http://www.veganoutreach.org/articles/normphelps.html I think Mr. Phelps has coined a very kind term, " one-track activism. " I've been calling it, " Sit around and complain about everyone else while not actually doing anything constructive activism. " I'll start using the new Phelps term right away. This is an excellent, thought-provoking read. Enjoy! Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 I wonder if Gandhi was one track? Was John Brown? Maybe the best thing is to have many one track activists all pursuing different tracks. , Alex Bury <alexbury1 wrote: > > *...**there is a desperate need to pursue a variety of nonviolent tactics > that offer promise of contributing to both the wellbeing and the liberation > of animals. By attacking those who want to expand our approaches to animal > advocacy as they try to hit upon the combination of tactics that will work > best, one-track activists have abandoned reason and wedded themselves to > blind faith. Their approach to activism reverses the logical order of > things. Instead of saying, " This strategy works; therefore, it is right, " > they say " This strategy is ideologically pure; therefore, if we just stick > with it, it will have to work eventually. " * > > Full essay here: > http://www.veganoutreach.org/articles/normphelps.html > > I think Mr. Phelps has coined a very kind term, " one-track activism. " I've > been calling it, " Sit around and complain about everyone else while not > actually doing anything constructive activism. " I'll start using the new > Phelps term right away. > > This is an excellent, thought-provoking read. Enjoy! > > Alex > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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