I had more to write another time, because if I'm going to respond to most of this I have some careful stating-of-position to do.
But I was linked to this post just now and either someone's had a really unfortunate timing accident or it's a serious crock of shit.
If you're still concern-trolling about "violence" at this point, I would ask you: are you against all self-defense, or only self-defense by anti-fascists?
Funnily enough, kab knows what I'm capable of and the situations in which I am willing to use it. That I can reasonably be described as an anti-fascist who is willing to use violence in the defense of self and others. Tim ought to remember it too. Kab and I get on just fine.
Because the thing about this is really damn simple:
Kab ain't concern-trolling. There are legitimate concerns, and if we accept that not all violence is physical then there are even more of them. And Tim has been running away from them for a long time. Calls me smart, and that's about when I stop being allowed a point of view.
Because I reckon when it comes to conflict, he dehumanises anyone he considers "smart". Let's just say I've advised him in the past not to do a dangerous thing and why, been rhetorically asked if he cared about the people affected anyway and it turned out too late that he did and should have. But hearing me out on conflict? Was always too much to ask.
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But I was linked to this post just now and either someone's had a really unfortunate timing accident or it's a serious crock of shit.
Funnily enough, kab knows what I'm capable of and the situations in which I am willing to use it. That I can reasonably be described as an anti-fascist who is willing to use violence in the defense of self and others. Tim ought to remember it too. Kab and I get on just fine.
Because the thing about this is really damn simple:
Kab ain't concern-trolling. There are legitimate concerns, and if we accept that not all violence is physical then there are even more of them. And Tim has been running away from them for a long time. Calls me smart, and that's about when I stop being allowed a point of view.
Because I reckon when it comes to conflict, he dehumanises anyone he considers "smart". Let's just say I've advised him in the past not to do a dangerous thing and why, been rhetorically asked if he cared about the people affected anyway and it turned out too late that he did and should have. But hearing me out on conflict? Was always too much to ask.