Remember this (or any of the vast collection of American sporting riots) whenever white liberals start banging on about how a few broken windows or whatever justify the police assault on an antiracist protest.
Then remember that those white libs, despite all appearances, also have functioning memories. Their choice to side with brutal white supremacist authority is exactly that: a choice.
The windows are the excuse, not the reason.
Colonialism:
Looking at some old exchanges on BB, it occurred to me:
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The liberal response to intersectionality tends towards using it as a āget out of responsibility for supporting status quo oppressionā card. āHow dare you criticise the VPās pro-carceral record? Sheās a woman of colour!ā etc.
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The original leftist response to intersectionality was more along the lines of āall of you fuckers are problematic as hell, and before weāre done everyone is going to face a reckoningā.
#AccidentallyLeftist:
āMansplainingā.
Nationalism is a feminist issue:
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Answer: very carefully and deliberately.
But a couple of laughably crude Facebook memes during an election represent foreign interference so egregious as to constitute an act of war, right?
There have been assorted threads on climate Twitter over the last week emphasising the point that carbon polluters donāt mind seeing climate doomerism, because it dilutes the pressure for immediate action. They emphasise that it is not too late to take useful action.
While I donāt disagree with their message, Iād also add that whatever the state of the climate and the prospects for the future: it is never too late for vengeance.
