Idealism 理想主义 Despite Fred's anger and the delusional aspects of his thinking, there remained an idealistic aspect of his outlook that could not be denied. His attitude was highly moralistic and severely condemnatory of the injustice and unfairness he saw. His ideals struck my middle-class mind as utopian and unrealistic. But as abstract notions of human conduct and social standards I found them to be noble and beautiful in large measure. I suspect that this aspect of young radicals and students is often picked up and elaborated by liberal-minded sympathizers of student unrest and radical politics, while other less idealistic aspects are soft-pedaled or ignored. Fred's moralism, however, was combined with a curious moral blindness or moral "double-think" which allowed him to condone and support the most blatant violence and destructiveness, as long as it was in support of his objectives or purposes. This same violence and use of force by the establishment enemy was bitterly denounced and condemned by him. He rationalized riots, destruction of property, looting, "ripping off," personal assault and violence, with an appeal to the perpetration of the same crimes by the establishment. If corporations exploit the masses and steal from them by making unjust profits, stealing from corporations is more than justified to redress the balance. If the government can kill people and destroy property in Vietnam, any destruction or injury perpetrated on the government or those who are in cahoots with it is amply justified. The real crime to him was not to steal and destroy, because in not stealing and destroying one was in fact contributing to the continuation of the crimes of the establishment. 尽管弗雷德愤怒且思维有些妄想成分,但他的人生观中仍有一种不可否认的理想主义色彩。他的态度非常道德化,对他所看到的不公和不平等现象予以严厉谴责。在我这个中产阶级看来,他的理想简直是乌托邦式的、不切实际的。但作为对人类行为和社会标准的抽象概念,我发现它们在很大程度上是崇高而美好的。我怀疑,年轻激进分子和学生身上的这一面,常常被对学生动荡和激进政治持同情态度的自由派人士所捕捉并加以阐述,而其他不那么理想主义的方面则被轻描淡写或忽略。然而,弗雷德的道德主义却与一种奇特的道德盲目性或道德上的“双标”结合在一起,使他能够纵容和支持最肆无忌惮的暴力和破坏行为,只要这些行为是为了支持他的目标或目的。而对于当权者敌人的暴力和武力使用,他却予以猛烈抨击和谴责。他以当权者也犯下同样罪行为由,为骚乱、破坏财产、抢劫、“敲诈”、人身攻击和暴力行为辩解。如果企业剥削大众,通过获取不义之财来偷窃他们的劳动成果,那么从企业那里偷窃就不仅仅是合理的,更是为了纠正这种不平衡。如果政府可以在越南杀人毁财,那么对政府或与其勾结者造成的任何破坏或伤害就完全有理由。在他看来,真正的罪行不是偷窃和破坏,因为不偷窃和不破坏实际上就是在助长当权者的罪行继续下去。