Black Seed: Issue 6
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Various Authors Black Seed: Issue 6 Songs of Creation & Destruction 2018, summer We will copy edit submissions for wording, punctuation, and typing errors....

:desolate:

I don't think I have to explain why this doesn't represent the majority of anarchists but if you say it does you're just being insufferable on purpose

  • Pseudoplatanus22 [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    The person that wrote this desperately needs to touch grass, preferably away from any children's playgrounds.

    I mean, what state of mind do you have to be in to write shit like this sincerely?

    • Melon [she/her,they/them]
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      3 years ago

      The pseudonym has made this anti-psychiatry comment:

      Anybody in the United States who has gone to see a therapist, psychiatrist, or other mental health professional has inevitably heard the positivity spiel. It goes like this: you go in for terrible depression, anxiety, or any number of conditions that are branded abnormal or deviant. Sometimes this is because of personal problems—grief over the death of a loved one for instance—or visual and auditory hallucinations, things that in the past been were the realm of shamans and witches, but are now efficiently exorcised through pharmaceuticals. However, more and more people are seeking help because of a deep existential crisis, which at its root is the state of the world.

      The last sentence is a real phenomenon, but... if this person is looking for affirmations of hallucinations or at one point sought treatment for "any number of conditions", they don't have the same experience as the regular worker with capitalism-induced anxiety or depression.

      Fuck if only Deleuze could interview this person

      • Brak [they/them, e/em/eir]
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        3 years ago

        This asshole is fetishizing the suffering of those with mental health disorders. Goddamn crunchy granola lifestylist.