I’ve run into some terminally online-dumb shit. Look at my account age and post count for how strong a claim I’m making here:
I’m less terminally online brain poisoned and social media brain rotted than 95% of the people I find in left spaces in California. It’s wild.
It’s not even about real ideology sometimes. I recommended an essay about why being a cop is bullshit by George Orwell and got iced out of a mutual aid project for ‘liking problematic authors’, and that’s not even the dumbest one. I’ve been called ableist about a disability I have for saying reading theory has value.
There are real problems in organizing, and I too have seen things like you’re describing. I just try not to take part in such petty squabbles. If a group is too wound up with internal politics to get anything done, I just find somewhere else to put my energy.
Yeah. It means I work without other organizers most of the time, bringing people up from total disempowerment. Need to move on pretty often to avoid… excessive regard.
It’s not even always a MLM/anarchist split.
I’ve run into some terminally online-dumb shit. Look at my account age and post count for how strong a claim I’m making here:
I’m less terminally online brain poisoned and social media brain rotted than 95% of the people I find in left spaces in California. It’s wild.
It’s not even about real ideology sometimes. I recommended an essay about why being a cop is bullshit by George Orwell and got iced out of a mutual aid project for ‘liking problematic authors’, and that’s not even the dumbest one. I’ve been called ableist about a disability I have for saying reading theory has value.
3.2k over 2 months is numbers I generally attribute to bots/shills. Is that a normal level of online in your spaces?
No, that’s what I’m saying. I am buried in and embalmed with grass compared to most people I’ve met.
There are real problems in organizing, and I too have seen things like you’re describing. I just try not to take part in such petty squabbles. If a group is too wound up with internal politics to get anything done, I just find somewhere else to put my energy.
Yeah. It means I work without other organizers most of the time, bringing people up from total disempowerment. Need to move on pretty often to avoid… excessive regard.
Keep doing what you’re doing ✊
It’s not the easiest way to do things, or the most rewarding. I fail a lot.