It's always wild to me when a well known and established podcast on the left invites someone on for an interview amd ends up just using them as a sounding board for the better part of an hour, I can think of few things as disrespectful to both your guest and audience than just taking up more space rather than using your platform to elevate others
Also, ftr, if you want to do charity work on your own time, fine. But don't try to convince me it is revolutionary to volunteer at a soup kitchen that is literally set up to gatekeep the behavior and choices of our neighbors in need to determine who is worthy enough to eat. That is elitist saviorism to scratch a feel good itch without actually putting in work
File this one under why it's a good idea to get a kolektiva account.
https://theintercept.com/2022/06/28/facebook-janes-revenge-abortion-roe-wade-meta/
This flagrant negation of humanity which constitutes the very essence of the state is, from the standpoint of the state, its supreme duty and its greatest virtue.
-- Mikhail Bakunin
The pandemic is still here, and it is still killing, disabling and causing far more permanent damage to children and adults than most realize. Those that follow actual science know this. https://twitter.com/PanickedFoodie/status/1536745398454431746?s=20&t=fhquY03Jm0zUkyCVUeXTmw
It's a weird move to claim you were expelled from an organization you never belonged to and whose politics are so at odds with yours that you never would have been able to join. It's a weirder move to essentially insinuate people you are working with on projects were involved in that expulsion. Yes, this is inebriated vague. No, i will not be explaining.
My point, however, is that we should all remember our allies, friends, and comrades and the trust they place in you are impacted by what
"People raised in cultures of shame don’t understand that you can do bad things without being a bad person. So if someone makes you feel like a bad person, you’ve got to go in hard, double down, destroy them."
https://lauriepenny.substack.com/p/cancelling-crybullies-and-consequences
I really have a hard time trusting a self identified leftist of any stripe who when provided an on topic source in a conversation responds that they don't read/listen to/watch that source.
Like, no one is saying you have to consume an entire oeuvre! Refusing to engage with an single source that can provide more info or context of the top of my head is cult behavior.
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🏴Bi/Pan Enby (they/them)
🏴Settler on Turtle Island
🏴Trying to find out how I can advance struggle from my quiet corner of the world
🏴someone who loves working with their hands, but was shuffled off into the academy by our unidirectional school system