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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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我們當然並非要宣稱左派，甚至是過度社會化類型的，從來沒有反抗我們社會的基本價值。顯然他們有時候會這麼做。有些過度社會化的左派甚至會為了反抗現代社會某些最重要的原則而使用肢體暴力。按照他們的說法，暴力對他們而言是一種形式的「解放」。換句話說，透過行使暴力他們擺脫了他們被灌輸的心理束縛。因為他們過度社會化，這些束縛對他們造成比對其他人更多的限制；因此他們需要掙脫這些束縛。但他們通常以主流價值來正當化他們的反抗。如果他們使用暴力他們會聲稱自己是在打擊種族主義之類的。