My intolerance isn’t of other “leftists” as a monolith(though I do have a huge issue with the preponderance for liberals to hide under “leftism” as an umbrella without ever putting forward even an inspiration for their own takes), my intolerance is for those who would tell me to my face that I need to put aside my ethics, morals, or philosophy for a cause that will not materially benefit me or my people.
The fuck do I care if we replace the white fascists that currently exist in our government with white “leftists” who still feel comfortable in setting the timetable for the freedom of subjects of empire(you’ve seen 'em before, the ones who claim that we can solve America’s race issue by ignoring race as an issue and centralizing class only)? That’s just trading the old boss for a new model in the same line to me. My intolerance is reserved for those intolerant of Black Power, and those alone.
I think one of the many signs that I read that finally convinced me “okay, this is the place to be” regarding MLism was the sheer diversity in both race, nationality, walks of life and perspectives in these spaces and the mutual respect between comrades. Like all my time I spent in other leftist spaces (on and offline) was painfully homogenous one way or another, diversity felt less like a natural occurrence and a necessity to function and do justice for everyone or more like a magic clout token to chase after to look cool and woke for social media and it shows, hard.
My intolerance isn’t of other “leftists” as a monolith(though I do have a huge issue with the preponderance for liberals to hide under “leftism” as an umbrella without ever putting forward even an inspiration for their own takes), my intolerance is for those who would tell me to my face that I need to put aside my ethics, morals, or philosophy for a cause that will not materially benefit me or my people.
The fuck do I care if we replace the white fascists that currently exist in our government with white “leftists” who still feel comfortable in setting the timetable for the freedom of subjects of empire(you’ve seen 'em before, the ones who claim that we can solve America’s race issue by ignoring race as an issue and centralizing class only)? That’s just trading the old boss for a new model in the same line to me. My intolerance is reserved for those intolerant of Black Power, and those alone.
I think one of the many signs that I read that finally convinced me “okay, this is the place to be” regarding MLism was the sheer diversity in both race, nationality, walks of life and perspectives in these spaces and the mutual respect between comrades. Like all my time I spent in other leftist spaces (on and offline) was painfully homogenous one way or another, diversity felt less like a natural occurrence and a necessity to function and do justice for everyone or more like a magic clout token to chase after to look cool and woke for social media and it shows, hard.