Rational discourse, pragmatically speaking, is discourse that starts from agreed upon premises. Anarchists thing the only rational discourse there is, is one that agrees with anarchism’s superiority over other political systems of thought and organization.
And secondly, people appeal to high minded ideals like ‘rational discourse’ not because they practice them, but because they give them a sense of authority. Each mod of each flavor on anarchism believes theirs is the best, otherwise why would they believe in it?
You have it backwards.
Rational discourse, pragmatically speaking, is discourse that starts from agreed upon premises. Anarchists thing the only rational discourse there is, is one that agrees with anarchism’s superiority over other political systems of thought and organization.
And secondly, people appeal to high minded ideals like ‘rational discourse’ not because they practice them, but because they give them a sense of authority. Each mod of each flavor on anarchism believes theirs is the best, otherwise why would they believe in it?