That's a ludicrous assertion.
I wrote:
“To be anti-authoritarian is to be an anarchist.”
You answered:
“That’s a ludicrous assertion.”
Not actually. Law is a recognized form of authority. In order for law to be carried out it requires those that enforce it. Law and its enforcement is authority. To resist “authority” is to resist “law.” That is the very nature of anarchy is to desire no authority....thus no law.
Look, I understand your dislike for authority...I would be untruthful if I said I liked it either. None of us like being “told” what to do or when to do it. Especially when it runs afoul of what we want to do at a particular time. However, overall with my military background I understand the necessity for authority and that it be respected. The only thing I get upset about is those that “abuse” authority or exceed what has been lawfully - by those governed - granted to them.
We all must live together in a way to avoid conflict. This requires law and agents of teh government to enforce that law. To be openly “anti-authoritian” is to oppose the very thing that makes it possible for us to live together peacefully. We all must, to some extent, subordinate ourselves to authority...we cannot be that authority. Otherwise we are promoting anarchy where, “everyone does what is right in his own eyes.”
An ideal society, especially our own republic, was established during a time when people naturally, for the most part, were moral and submitted themselves to authority...as long as it didn’t trample fundamental rights.