People like him with this position are possible allies, so I don’t think they should be denounced outright.
Though I imagine you don’t mean that he shouldn’t be critiqued, right?
In which case I agree, and in Western countries this is a material necessity if you’re trying to build labor power. This is a common opinion that has to be engaged with when working with unions or otherwise participating in direct action. Minds must be changed as we build solidarity.
I definitely agree that his views should be critiqued, I just think that we should do so while having productive conversations with said people so that they can become allies
In the above convo, ZephyrFrost could have had an interesting conversation with Darkmatter on the nature of the one-state solution that he tacitly proposes. Instead, Zephyr spends the entire time calling him a ‘genocide denier’ unless he says exactly what Zephyr wants, wrecking the convo and making all of us look bad.
While the positions we take must be principled, the conversations we have with others should be non-confrontational and understanding, so that we can turn them into allies and not enemies. After all, deprogramming capitalist propaganda is a delicate operation.
Darkmatter plays an important role in deconverting fascist evangelical Christians and making them ever even consider leftism, so it’s not like he’s an enemy.
Of course, if someone really wants to “kill all brown people”, there’s no point in having a conversation with fascists.
Though I imagine you don’t mean that he shouldn’t be critiqued, right?
In which case I agree, and in Western countries this is a material necessity if you’re trying to build labor power. This is a common opinion that has to be engaged with when working with unions or otherwise participating in direct action. Minds must be changed as we build solidarity.
I definitely agree that his views should be critiqued, I just think that we should do so while having productive conversations with said people so that they can become allies
In the above convo, ZephyrFrost could have had an interesting conversation with Darkmatter on the nature of the one-state solution that he tacitly proposes. Instead, Zephyr spends the entire time calling him a ‘genocide denier’ unless he says exactly what Zephyr wants, wrecking the convo and making all of us look bad.
While the positions we take must be principled, the conversations we have with others should be non-confrontational and understanding, so that we can turn them into allies and not enemies. After all, deprogramming capitalist propaganda is a delicate operation.
Darkmatter plays an important role in deconverting fascist evangelical Christians and making them ever even consider leftism, so it’s not like he’s an enemy.
Of course, if someone really wants to “kill all brown people”, there’s no point in having a conversation with fascists.