Isn't the very idea of an Anarchy 101 self-defeating for the anti-ideological anarchist in its question + answer format?

Question

eh? ;)

Answer 1

No.

It would be so if the people answering the questions offered up their word as law, ala AFAQ, but my own experience at this site is that it allows a space in which anarchists of various tendencies can offer up their perspectives and can be challenged (most often ARE challenged) by other anarchists who are either of a differing perspective or are playing devil's advocate.

This is an important distinction to make over other anarchist sites. AFAQ, which I already mentioned, attempts an encyclopedic and authoritatively methodological definition of all things anarchist, and in doing so, misses part of the point of being an anarchist.

There has seemingly been a kerfluffle over some posts from anarcho-capitalist/libertarian posters on this site, and I am not involved, so I can't speak to it, but the site has been pretty explicit from the get-go about not being a forum for such tendencies.

There is nothing wrong with offering our pespectives and analysis, the trouble comes when we suggest it is the only perspective or analysis.