i know that, i mean among the working class. tolerance for listening to a friend spouting nazi shit and fascist shit has been pretty low until recently, dogwhistles not withstanding. i mean there’s a reason they dogwhistle so much, it’s because their views are roundly rejected and they get bullied when they don’t hide their beliefs

if that level of hate, aggression, suppression, etc. isn’t enough to prevent the rise of fascism, it won’t be enough to slow or stop it either. we need different tactics

thank you for your thoughtful comment, sometimes it’s tough, i wake up to usually 10+ replies telling me i’m wrong and that i’m basically hitler, and a bunch of DMs just throwing hate at me, so nice comments are a nice change of pace!

btw, if it helps, i’d totally press that button if it existed! sadly, it doesn’t, and can’t exist. fascism isn’t something that you’re born with, it’s an evil that grows inside us. none of us are immune, and probably all of us are dealing with a mild infection.

that’s where all the hate and vitriol comes from. that’s the dark part of us that enjoys seeing others suffer, and wants to solve our problems with violence, and wants to see everything in black and white.

we’ve been violently anti-fascist for nearly 100 years now, nazi is literally one of the most insulting things you can be called, and most people would happily look the other way if you punched a nazi. if violence and hate was an effective way of fighting fascism, we wouldn’t be in this situation. it’s just not effective

maybe you could approach me with compassion and try to understand, instead of just riding in on a high horse to pass judgment

or don’t, believe what you want. i know i’m right.

doing the right thing is often hard. i’m gonna keep punching nazis, but when i see trump voters having their lives ruined, i’m going to put hatred aside to try to create a better world. you may not agree with me, but i hope my comments moved at least a few people.

people can change their minds about stuff, you know?

not that i really advocate for anyone to engage with someone who willingly accepts the label of fascist or approves of fascist ideology

i was really more aiming towards the people who aren’t fascist but got misled by misinformation and propaganda, than outright fascists

dehumanizing people is the first step on the road to genocide.

if you could click your fingers and everyone who voted Trump died, regardless of how they now feel about it, would you do it?

but honestly, it’s not a safe space, i’ve seen anti-trump people be really homophobic, sexist, racist…

sometimes it’s hard to see that big of a difference between trump supporters and the people who really aggressively hate on trump supporters.

thanks for your comment, and yeah, more or less! it didn’t happen immediately, and i was never extreme far right, but it was definitely a big change.

i’m guessing you don’t really know much about anarchism, outside of movies and such - it’s actually a very coherent, orderly and sensible approach to the world. honestly, by comparison, all other ideologies are delusional, anarchism is the only approach which makes sense.

i’d recommend looking into it a bit more, if you’re interested.

i don’t see the problem? just keep killing whoever is in charge until nobody tries anymore. permenent revolution.

btw, your definition of fascism would also fit like pretty much all nations, and your definition of anarchism is like someone knew a bit of greek and tried to guess. an-archy, against heirarchy, boom done!

capitalism is when people are prejudiced against money and freedom is when you don’t have to pay at the BDSM club

thanks for your comment, i completely understand your perspective, but, you know, they say exactly the same kinda stuff about the people that they hate. it makes me uncomfortable seeing MAGA reflected in their enemies

something something gaze into the abyss something

i totally get that! we can’t all be perfect all the time, and i totally get that for some people they’ve just been hurt too much to ever have a shred of kindness or sympathy towards the people who are at least partially responsible for that pain

i just wish that people could be a bit less hateful, at least. reading the comments in this thread is honestly quite scary. i don’t like seeing just… pure hate, from people i would like to be allies with. it reminds me of the hate right-wingers have tbh

hell yeah, great message, thanks for writing it up!

you should copy and paste it somewhere else so more people see it

don’t get me wrong - fuck that guy, he had a choice, and he chose the more harmful option.

but i mean, let’s be real, the guy got scammed/tricked by republicans into voting against his own interests, and now has to deal with that realization, plus the stress of losing his job, plus also now he has to listen to people saying “i told you so!”

there are two paths from there - admitting he was wrong, and doubling down. it’s hard to admit when you’re wrong, but it’s much easier when people are understanding and compassionate, and much much harder when people are making fun of your misfortune and having a “told ya so” victory lap

it’s really tempting to give in to the urge to clown on these people for bringing this shit on themselves, but these are the moments where a bit of compassion can change the world.

by all means, though, if it’s not for you, that’s totally understandable, i just hope you can kinda see where i’m coming from, even if you don’t agree

thank you! i try my best, but i don’t always succeed!

i totally get what you mean, and of course i would never ever push anyone into it. i just read some kinda dark comments in this thread and i wished that people would be a little more compassionate

i know they don’t deserve it, really - and i totally get how you can think of it as “aiding the enemy” or something.

but i genuinely believe that we can reduce harm just by being a bit more compassionate, a bit more patient, and a bit less aggressive

fascists believe that the world is polarized into “us” and “them”, and they believe that “them” would stop at nothing to destroy them.

just a simple act of compassion can show them that there are choices beyond destruction

i totally get that, i really do. and if you don’t think it’s right for you, i fully respect that choice, and besides, some of us still need to be the “stick” so that the “carrot” gets put into perspective!

thanks for your reply! <3

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honestly, you never know - anyone can be brainwashed and radicalized, it’s not just something that happens to stupid people

i went through a little alt-right phase when i was younger, now i’m an anarchist i want to go back in time and kick my own ass.

people sometimes take strange, winding journeys to get where they’re going!

first of all, don’t put too much pressure on yourself, it’s really tough to hold back sometimes. if you can’t hold it back, that’s okay! sometimes, people do need to be told when they’re being cunts sometimes.

but what does help me a bit is really going all-in on the “kill with kindness” thing, really just turning on all the southern charm and hokum. i find playing that character to be quite funny, so it feels less like i’m being taken for a ride, it’s more like i have a private joke.

also, i think it really helps to find some common ground, even for some of the worst people imaginable, they’ll usually say at least something you agree with, even if it’s something silly, like you both like the same video game - i always start with the common ground, people are way more receptive when you open with “yes, i agree with you, and…”, that’s honestly been really effective for me.

if you look through my history you’ll find plenty of evidence of me not taking my own advice. but i’m trying, and i’m trying to bring others with me

i don’t think we all need to be perfect, if we can all just try a little bit

i’ve put way more thought into it than you have, considering you were calling me a fascist before and now you’re ridiculing me for being an anarchist

if you can describe fascism and anarchism in your own words i’ll delete my account

of course there would, there would be approximately 8 billion people still alive

there would be no power vacuum because there would be no power - all forms of power that might have been siezed in a power struggle would have been dissolved

the result would be a classless, moneyless, stateless society. Each of us would only need to work approximately 10 hours per day or so to ensure that everyone in the world has all of their needs met and a decent standard of living.

the society we currently have is based on slavery, exploitation, murder and theft. i’m not saying that i have a perfect solution, but we need to abolish capitalism at the very least, or fascism will remain inevitable