when ppl act like the goal of anti-nazi ppl is to “”change their minds”” about their “”beliefs”” like… that’s…
we don’t give a shit about their ~beliefs~??? I dont care if mr dick is sittin in his house thinking jews are awful. I would LIKE for him to not think that but I ultimately do not care. I do not care about changing his thoughts.
i care about preventing him from having enough of a public platform that he and people like him gain the power to ACT ON those beliefs.
so yes actually! punching nazis when they are trying to be suave on television, such that they are unwilling to try to go and appear suave on television again, does accomplish that.
i dont care what mr dick thinking in the privacy of the hole he crawled out of, at this point. we are at a point where there are way more pressing things regarding nazis. which is like. nazis get to be suave on television.
This quote is everything.
I’m mad that this has to be explained, but it has to be explained.
It’s because people with enough privilege are allowed to think politics is only ideas. There are no real world concequences as far as they’re concerned because what will befall us won’t affect them.
It’s why they can so easily play devil’s advocate, and why they think they’ve won an argument when their opponent becomes “emotional” or personally invested.
Privilege allows cool detachment. To them only the opinions count, not the actions that come from opinions.
That’s why I hate the ‘fight to the death for your right to express your opinion’ thing because there’s other things I think require fighting to the death for while Nazis openly and proudly express their opinions, namely: people’s lives and safety from said Nazis.
The right of white supremacists to express their opinions is not in danger. Never was. So don’t get tricked into fighting for their right to enforce those opinions.
When people say “don’t hate someone just because they disagree with you” they’re loudly admitting that for them, all of this is as consequential as your favorite pizza topping.
the most underrated line in TAZ is when Tom Bodette asks what happens when he gets hit by a train, Merle replying “it’s a once in a lifetime experience”
