Matthew Remski: Antifascist Dad | Team Human
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Ep. 329 Matthew Remski, Host of Conspirituality and author of the forthcoming Antifascist Dad, helps us find a new kind of resistance to the atmosphere of violence in which we're living –  the sweet spot for a new movement of mutual support.

Learned about it from this episode of the Team Human podcast

But what is happening in Hong Kong is they come up with a slogan, which is translated as Do Not Split, which is, we know that some people are willing to be confrontational with riot police.

And when they are, that’s going to cost the state in terms of not only resources, but it’s going to cost the state in terms of political capital and support. And we know that there are some people who are not willing to do that. And we are going to abide by the protocol of Do Not Split, which means that we’re not going to criticize them openly, and they’re not going to criticize us openly.

If we’re the pacifists, we’re not going to have them criticize us for being sort of like, I don’t know, limpid or flaccid or not courageous or whatever. And we’re not going to criticize them for being more confrontational. And the thing is that the support is also tacit.

It’s not like they have to come out and tell the media, oh, we approve of our more sort of confrontational colleagues. They just keep quiet. They just keep quiet.

Understanding that a range of tactics is probably going to be necessary. Nobody really knows what’s going to work. But if everybody’s pushing back against a particularly violent state, then everybody’s really on the same side.

  • Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    This reminds me of the 100th South Park episode, “I’m a Little Bit Country.” Although the original topic was about the Iraq War (and I’m not looking to unpack that right now), the same point of the episode can apply here - those who want to fight and those who don’t want to fight ultimately need each other. One side provides the action and muscle, while the other side provides the heart and compassion.

    If South Park can find a way to apply that lesson to the US as a whole, there’s no reason leftists can’t support each other the same way. As long as we have the same interests at heart, you can choose to fight or choose to protect your own - society needs people who do both. The only thing we don’t need is the in-fighting that artificially separates us.