Anyone who makes plans for after the revolution is a reactionary.
Today I want to puke when I hear the word 'radical' applied so slothfully and stupidly to Islamist murderers; the most plainly reactionary people in the world.
Reactionary: a man walking backwards with his face to the future.
Without democracy there is no freedom. Violence, no matter who is using it, is always reactionary.
. . . a great army of the proletarian party [must be] prepared to smash the reactionary forces and to clear the way for the advanced forces of society.
Language is neither reactionary nor progressive; it is quite simply fascist; for fascism does not prevent speech, it compels speech.
Our idea for Hannibal Lecter is that he's very reactionary - he's somebody who can adapt really well to circumstances.
The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility.
Fear is ugly because it makes you irrational. Fear makes you jump to conclusions. Fear makes you reactionary.
