grumbling, activism
If you feel that radical folks are "too radical" and "scaring off others", but "you agree with them in principle", why aren't you volunteering to do the job of explaining this to liberals/centrists/etc.?
Why are you instead demanding that the radical folks moderate their speech, look friendly, and generally shut up about the incredibly taxing and frustrating experience of constantly getting the same milquetoast subtly-bigoted shit thrown at them masquerading as progressive politics?
Why are you expecting the people who are *already* bearing the brunt of abuse and doing most of the work for social change, to do *even more* work to look less scary and more appealing? Why aren't *you* the one doing that?
grumbling, activism
@joepie91 it's the classic "white moderate" from Letter from Birmingham Jail -- more attached to order than justice, preferring the negative peace that's the absence of tension to the positive peace that's the presene of justice.
My experience is that usually, they don't *really* agree in principle, they're just saying that to make themselves feel / look better.
grumbling, activism
Well, I can tell you why I almost never argue with Libs & Centrists: they're tedious, self-satisfied, obnoxious twits. Also, shit listeners.
They can't distinguish my stance from that of either Leftier Leftists or RWers... or they claim they can't. Either way, I'd rather scrub the toilet or floss my teeth than waste time trying to reason with them. I mean, that shit's annoying & dull too but at least I have something to show for it when I'm done.
grumbling, activism
@joepie91
Isn't that good oldfashioned tone policing?
I, for one, am glad that there are angry ugly radicals who break stuff and shout at the top of their lungs, because I don't have the mental energy to do so.
Somebody, I forgot who, said something along the lines of "nothing ever changed by asking politely".
Yay for radicals!