Just gonna put it out there that if I ever say anything shitty without realizing it that anyone and everyone is welcome to call me out for it, assuming they're comfortable doing so of course. I used to have a lot of terrible views (as in, I was knowingly racist, among other things), so I'm obviously far from infallible or anything. I don't particularly anticipate this coming up really but given how wrong I've been in the past I figured it couldn't hurt to be up front about it.
This was prompted by what's going on with w.l but I've also thought of making a pinned post or something about it since I joined this instance.
I've said it before but I'll say it again now because its more relevant than ever.
If you go to a protest and try to redirect people to the polls you are a distraction and are actively inhibiting productive political organization. You are a distraction. Voting is a distraction.
When Obama was elected he decided to let the fucking pigs propose reforms for themselves, so you can't seriously tell me that there is real change in a ballot when we're actually dismantling police forces right now.
I'm sure most folks here have already read this, but given its relevancy in the current moment a good refresher can't hurt
http://humaniterations.net/2012/02/29/you-are-not-the-target-audience/
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