30. We certainly do not claim that leftists, even of the oversocialized type, NEVER rebel against the fundamental values of our society. Clearly they sometimes do.
Some oversocialized leftists have gone so far as to rebel against one of modern society's most important principles by engaging in physical violence.
By their own account, violence is for them a form of "liberation." In other words, by committing violence they break through the psychological restraints that have been trained into them.
Because they are oversocialized these restraints have been more confining for them than for others; hence their need to break free of them. But they usually justify their rebellion in terms of mainstream values. If they engage in violence they claim to be fighting against racism or the like.
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West Coast Action 29. (part three) They want to make him study technical subjects, become an executive or a scientist, spend his life climbing the status ladder to prove that black people are as good as white. They want to make black fathers "responsible," they want black gangs…
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