As a mediator between those advocating separatism and those who believe in a fixed Western canon, Gates has been criticized by both.

"Don't militias advocate racial separatism and the violent overthrow of the government?"

"We strongly believe that in this speech, the above-named person has advocated separatism and praised illegal activities."

Accepting this doesn't have to mean advocating separatism, or letting down all standards.

His activism resulted in a twenty-month suspended jail sentence, on charges of advocating separatism.

He denies advocating violence and separatism and insists he wants only real autonomy for his homeland.

But splinter groups advocating more radical separatism have begun cropping up in a social and economic climate of growing despondency.

I don't advocate separatism but self-sufficiency.

It was one thing to promote Swedish cultural autonomy in nonreligious activities but quite another to advocate Swedish separatism within the church.

All of his cellmates were convicted of political offenses, either advocating separatism or joining subversive organizations.