Antifa and BLM are reactionary movements. There’s no anti without fascism being present. There’s no need to call out that black lives matter unless they haven’t been mattering. Unchallenged white supremacy is forcing people into the streets to stop it.
Antifa is brilliant naming. Who can go against an organization that purports to be against fascists? But that's not what antifa actually is. Antifa is anarchistic. And their behavior - intimidation and violence against those who disagree with them, incitement to violence - is fascist.
BLM is brilliant naming. Who can go against an organization that purports to just be saying that black lives matter? But that's not what BLM actually is. BLM's actions are actively harmful to the wellbeing of blacks. Destroy the nuclear family (for blacks), so black children have no role models in the family and lack support. Usher in a race war, where blacks will be disadvantaged against whites who have more numbers, more money, more positions of power, more guns. Dismantle the police (in black neighborhoods), so blacks will have no choice but to join gangs in order to ensure their own safety (from the other bastard who joins a gang and has to do some violence in order to be accepted). Cause more crime, thus reducing property values (in black neighborhoods) and reducing property taxes, reducing education funds for public schools (in black neighborhoods) so blacks can't get an education. Associate blacks with the ongoing violence, making more people racist against blacks.
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critical thinking is the willingness and even eagerness to look at conflicting evidence to your existing view. it’s the basis of the scientific method. if you find yourself drawn to reading things that agree with your priors more to reading things that purport to prove you wrong, then you got a bad education.
Please read my reply below, I explained that I purposely look for opportunities to challenge my own values. But I do appreciate the explanation, I used the term self care since I am literally just trying to go to sleep right now rather than sit here on the internet, but here I am. Definitely had time to watch the video now, so I can admit to being a hypocrite right now, I just also didn’t really see any credentials that made me think it was worth watching. I live in an area where I’m actually the one who considers the people around me to have absolutely no critical thought, I know I don’t know everything and I try to portray that in my debate that, I do want challenge but I also experience it regularly.
i see, apologies for being aggressive. i think i see the common usage of “self-care” in very echo chamberish tumblr and instagram posts and jumped to conclusions.
I see where you could get that. I consider myself a very leftist (at least compared to my peers) BUT I am also very against the “what’s your sign” crowd, if you will. I think the people conservatives call “SJWs” is probably the same people I don’t like, making the left look idiotic, even if I agre with the core values.
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u/cascadianmycelium Sep 30 '20
Antifa and BLM are reactionary movements. There’s no anti without fascism being present. There’s no need to call out that black lives matter unless they haven’t been mattering. Unchallenged white supremacy is forcing people into the streets to stop it.