:100-com: agree saying all states are equally bad would be silly and dunking on that wouldn't be sectarianism, but I don't think it's clear that's what's happening in the screenshot. It basically just says "fuck the state", and out of context I think taking people saying that to mean they're anti-communists bothsidesing colour revolutions is going to get you in a lot more arguments with anarchists than it is actual anti-communists.
Is there some context I'm missing?
I tried to find the tweet but it seems to have been deleted.
Apparently google's stopped indexing tweets twitter has marked as "may contain disturbing content" in their search, which is super fucking disturbing.
I don't think I'd dunk on it like that but in context I do get where you're coming from a lot more.
The first thread seems to be saying, the narrative of the protest is clearly controlled by the forces of capital but most people in it probably aren't, and having
STRONG OPINIONS about 1000 person movements is way too online.
Responding to that with "yeah fuck the state" doesn't seem like bothsidesing colour revolutions to me. I kind of read it as "as good as Cuba is it's still a state and that's going to cause some problems" as an acknowledgement and anarchist explanation of why some non compromised/horrible people might join an anti-government protest in Cuba.
Looking at their twitter I'm 90% sure the person who made the screenshotted tweet isn't trying to bothsides a colour revolution. This tweet of hers 1 minute earlier mocking someone else for doing that seems pretty conclusive on that front.
She seems pretty cool, and also is both trans and currently living in China, so I can see why she might have strong opinions about protesting against socialist states.
This is sectarianism.
"Every government sucks and should die in a fire" isn't an inherently anti-communist position but it is an inherently anarchist one.
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:100-com: agree saying all states are equally bad would be silly and dunking on that wouldn't be sectarianism, but I don't think it's clear that's what's happening in the screenshot. It basically just says "fuck the state", and out of context I think taking people saying that to mean they're anti-communists bothsidesing colour revolutions is going to get you in a lot more arguments with anarchists than it is actual anti-communists.
Is there some context I'm missing?
I tried to find the tweet but it seems to have been deleted.
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Thanks, Found it!
Apparently google's stopped indexing tweets twitter has marked as "may contain disturbing content" in their search, which is super fucking disturbing.
I don't think I'd dunk on it like that but in context I do get where you're coming from a lot more.
The first thread seems to be saying, the narrative of the protest is clearly controlled by the forces of capital but most people in it probably aren't, and having STRONG OPINIONS about 1000 person movements is way too online.
Responding to that with "yeah fuck the state" doesn't seem like bothsidesing colour revolutions to me. I kind of read it as "as good as Cuba is it's still a state and that's going to cause some problems" as an acknowledgement and anarchist explanation of why some non compromised/horrible people might join an anti-government protest in Cuba.
Looking at their twitter I'm 90% sure the person who made the screenshotted tweet isn't trying to bothsides a colour revolution. This tweet of hers 1 minute earlier mocking someone else for doing that seems pretty conclusive on that front.
She seems pretty cool, and also is both trans and currently living in China, so I can see why she might have strong opinions about protesting against socialist states.
As an anarchist, No. :gulag: