So is there no actual connection to the black panthers, beyond doing some similar stuff?
Also, holy shit, saying people can't be educated because of learning disabilities/mental health is a fucking horrible thing to say... I don't like calling people fake leftists, but holy shit, you have a LOT to learn, my god.
recognize their humanity,
They don’t have that. How do you teach a monster to not be a monster?
Dehumanizing people and calling them monsters is unironically nazi shit.
Humiliating and punishing wrong doings is part of teaching how to be human.
Can you provide any evidence that supports your claim that humiliation and punishment is a more effective way of educating people than compassion?
What's the connection between this org and the black panthers? and when you said that you're a black panther, what part do you play in this organization?
edit: lol, I just realized on their website it says they're "veteran led"... linking this org to the black panthers in any way is a fucking insult to the black panthers
Yeah, I'm an anarchist too, and I have a pretty decent understanding of the Black Panther Party, though I thought they were dissolved in the 80s. Were you active in the Black Panthers back in the day? Has it become active again? I'm genuinely very curious about what you meant and I'd appreciate more information.
This is wishful thinking tbh, I think the more likely outcome is that things escalate to the point that protests become widespread and radical enough (maybe becoming riots) that Trump suspends elections citing the riots as his reasoning, meanwhile ICE is used to round up and silence the opposition, until the protests/riots escalate and the national guard are brought in to "restore order". If I was a betting man, I'd put money on it. It's probably the goal.
I'm not making any mistakes. I know they want to be the oppressor, they feel justified in oppressing us, I see and recognize all of that, and it changes nothing about my position or my reasoning.
The reality is that the average fascist is a loser with literally nothing going for them. That's what appeals to them about fascism, they get to feel big, strong and powerful, vicariously, through state violence.
I understand how you feel, and I sympathize with you that they don't deserve to be treated with respect and compassion. I don't care at all about their feelings, honestly, or their suffering.
But the reality is that their suffering doesn't stay isolated to them. They lash out, they harm others, they drag everyone and everything down with them, all the way to hell.
All I am saying is "be compassionate". That's all. I'm not saying you should tolerate them, or their opinions, or even be nice to them. I am asking you to recognize their humanity, realize that you could be in their position, and think positively, in terms for how we can improve the world, long term.
Lashing out at these people, calling them names, dunking on them, being cruel to them, I understand that they deserve that, but it doesn't actually HELP anyone. It doesn't improve material conditions. It only makes things worse.
That's literally my entire point, and I really don't think you've even really addressed it. You just wrote a lot about how nazis suck and they can't be redeemed -- but that is all beside the point. We should show compassion towards everyone, no matter who, simply as a matter of harm reduction if noting else.
also, lowkey laughing that a self-described anarchist thinks we should send trump to prison. what do we do when we abolish prisons, comrade?!
do you wanna stop fascism? want to see trump and elon musk lose power?
working class solidarity is the first step
our entire lives, we’ve been tricked and manipulated into fighting among ourselves, because they know if we worked together, we would be able to take them down.
why do you think, every time that something bad happens, there’s all the media spin about who we should blame?
they love to do this for age, think about all the boomers vs. gen X vs. gen Z articles and social media posts you’ve seen
but they do the same shit all the time with different things. their aim is to split the working class into as many splinter groups as possible.
we need to stop letting the assholes in power divide us like this.
unfortunately, that means extending solidarity to people who haven’t earned it, including people who chose to vote for Trump.
most of these people were tricked and manipulated. many of them have been fed a steady diet of misinformation. many of them are proud, insufferable bigots.
but being smugly superior, insulting, rude or intolerant isn’t how we change people’s minds. the best way to do that is by having a two-way conversation.
we are all so busy yelling at eachother. it doesn’t work. we need solidarity.
i don't want solidarity with fascists, I want solidarity across the working class, which means we need to deradicalize fascists in the working class, which means we need to take steps to deradicalize them, which means we need to be compassionate. this isn't hard.
How is it any different at all?
you didn't answer my question, you're so focused on being right that you can't see how wrong you are about pretty much everything you write.
can you explain how showing compassion for someone, is the same as wanting their approval?
...and now you're linking me to AI slop blogspam. Okay, I'm done. You're wrong about many, many things. I'd strongly encourage reading through an anarchist FAQ as a starting point.