I think we need to get on the same page about some things and I’ll start: destruction of property isn’t bad.
I’ll continue: even if protests are “peaceful” that doesn’t make them more moral, and cops don’t have the right to beat up anyone.
Not all anarchists are white, not all people lighting shit on fire are anarchists, and Black people have long traditions of rioting (notice I said riot because I believe in rioting) for their self determination even in violent ways and that is very fucking good.
Not every riot or uprising is intensely planned and that’s also fucking okay. Not everything is part of a long term strategy sometimes it’s just to display rage.
Stop saying we can’t say shit like riots or looting and instead ask yourself why your mind still thinks that things that are deemed illegal are inherently bad.
Also ask yourself why we keep harping on the idea that things were strategized. Who are we trying to prove things to?
I don’t want to live in a world where we throw our comrades under the bus to prove our intelligence or worth to white people/cops.
And I used to hold all of these views! Cause I was just parroting shit!!!
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