ast year, I asked Peter Clayborne, author of Anarchy Unfolds, to explain anarchism to me. We spent the past year writing back and forth and are now publishing our letters as a series called “Letters to an Anarchist.” You can catch up here:
Part one by Elle Griffin
Part two by Peter Clayborne
Part three by Elle Griffin
Part four by Peter Clayborne
Part five by Elle Griffin
Part six by Peter Clayborne
This is part seven of eight 👇🏻
Dear Peter,
As always, you've given me so much to think about!
Per shame: I will admit I haven't done a lot of research on sex offender registries and you very well could be right that it's not the way to go—I used it only as an example to try to understand what you meant when you said that shame could be an effective tool against violent behavior more than a prison sentence might be. Can you give me another example that might better express what you mean here? How would you use shame as a deterrent for violence and/or violent crime? Or as an alternative to prison?
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