Historically, angry Marxist-Leninists with guns have been very useful allies in dealing with NAZIs! But history suggests that things didn't work out too well afterwards, for those ruled by the angry Marxist-Leninists with guns ...
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when somebody on the right says "this is just asking for trouble", tell them that Kyle Rittenhouse went there to defend businesses (not even people) and they approved of his actions, and so they can shut the fuck up
Don't even try to give them an argument, tell them to shut the fuck up. Never give them validity to their bullshit arguments.
The best argument against people who argue in bad faith is "I don't care" and move on.
in practice, yes this is what I actually say. fuck 'em, there's no discussion to be had with them anyways. but the full form mention of Rittenhouse is clear cut and indefensible by their own logic (but yes we all know that their own logic is not actually logic yaddayaddayadda)
Hey, my city is on Lemmy!
wait... shit... my city is in the news...
shit's about to go down... 👀
cue white liberal tears about how non-violence protests are the only way In 3, 2, 1..
White liberals love to think that you have one big protest is the effective way. It's not. It's a fucking circle jerk protest.
Non violent protests ONLY work when they are large and sustained. We're talking daily massive protests that grinds daily living to a halt. If your protest is grinding everything to a halt, you don't have a protest. You have a strike.
At that point, it is really only a matter of time before the State attempts to prevent everything by using physical violence on everyone. Armed allies act as a deterrent.
BPP- the heroes White America doesn't deserve.
Reminder to everyone that the hugely successful and wonderful original Black Panther Party were considered "authoritarian" and "violent" by the majority of whites back in the day. The Black Panthers were OG Tankies in every sense of the word, and they were incredibly good as a consequence. From Wikipedia:
The Black Panther Party (originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) was an American far-left, Marxist–Leninist and black power political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in October 1966
Regarding a visit of Huey P. Newton to China:
During the trip, the Chinese arranged for him to meet and have dinner with an ambassador from North Korea, an ambassador from Tanzania, and delegations from both North Vietnam and the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam.[44] Newton was under the impression he was going to meet Mao Zedong, chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, but instead had two meetings with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai. One of these meetings also included Mao's wife Jiang Qing. Newton described China as "a free and liberated territory with a socialist government"
THESE are the people that we disregard and insult and call "tankies"!!
Fuck yes! Show them something more than a sign saying "I'm not very happy about the current state of affairs. Sorry"!
Agreed! We should all take example from the Marxist-Leninists over at the Black Panthers and organize to protect each other from the fascists in power in the US and in the EU!
Eeeeyyyy, the Black Panthers are still a thing?
They never stopped being a thing
Remember: Peaceful protests are like barking - annoying, but by itself harmless. It's the fear of the bite that makes the barking scary.
You don't have to jump straight to violence, and I believe that it's more effective to start with non-violent demands. Once you escalate, there's nowhere left to go. But the threat of it is what makes the peaceful option less destructive.
As the saying goes: Nothing will meaningfully change until the rich fear for their lives.
"Power concedes nothing without a demand." -Fredrick Douglas
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