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I know it's my goddamn duty. That's why my pathetic ass was up all night with the ONE like-minded friend passionate enough to speak up, arguing this point to Fucking oblivion with a veritable social media mob of assholes from our extended friend circles. We both felt like shit afterwards, and felt like we'd sunk to their level, but at the same time, IT'S. FUCKING. NAZISM. We were taught to flip shit over even the appearance of Nazism and white supremacism in goddamn junior high school. Not violently, of course, but we were taught to recognize the symbols and rhetoric affiliated with these movements as threats to our very existence, and to everything decent about our way of life. So we spent the late night and early morning in the mud, trying to remind people of this, and we made some good points, but changed zero minds. Depressing.
A real-life, long-term solution is needed. I am starting to communicate with the VERY FEW people I know who both A) are terrified of fascism, Nazism, white supremacy, militarized hate groups and B) believe that it's counter-productive to punch or attack or use violence of any kind against these people without provocation. It's fucking terrifying how shallow that pool is, but I've got a solid group of people who fit the criteria, and we're starting to talk about next moves. Solutions. What the FUCK to do next.
It's worth noting that at least a third of my friends, stuck in some privileged and entitled state of perpetual adolescence, think I'm part of the problem because I don't publicly condone unprovoked violence against Nazis; because I think that's dangerous and counter-productive and will only legitimize these claims that the "alt-left" are the real threat. These folks live in places like Portland and Seattle, mind you, where I used to live, and they have the freedom to publicly decry the alt-right without worrying that they're going to piss off their co-workers or bosses in the process. The very freedom to do this is a Fucking luxury in many parts of the country right now, and I happen to love in one of those places. Fuck's sake!!!
THE. WORLD. HAS. A. LEARNING. DISABILITY.
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