Warning: extremely toxic thread
I thought there was an antiwork community here? Anyways I'm not sure where to put this. Just kinda sucks that the interview didn't go well and that people are shitting on this person and misgendering her for not being a white male factory worker or something.
/r/antiwork is kind of in shambles rn because the mods are trying keep the discourse from spinning out of control but a ton of people there are being transphobic and turning on the mods, and of course the mods are being accused of being authoritarian for trying to run the sub.
I hope the sub can bounce back, but it's a dark day in there for sure.
When you go to war you don't argue with the clouds about the weather. If it's raining it's raining. Refusing to so much as comb your hair and put on a nice shirt is doing the enemy's work for them. If you don't like it then don't put yourself in a leadership role, or put yourself out as spokesperson for a movement.
"You must conform to societal expectations before you speak out against societal expectations."
Do you not realize how bullshit that is?
Also their hair looks perfectly fine. I've seen Bernie's hair wilder and nobody (besides a couple libs on Twitter maybe) said he lost credibility because of it. And their shirt is just a black hoodie, like completely neutral.
I'm fully aware that it's bullshit, and I also understand that it doesn't matter. The only reason to do a mass media interview is for propaganda purposes. For that propaganda to be effective you need to pander to the expectations of your audience. Refusing to do so is egoistic foolishness.
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This is specifically about opposing capitalism though, which includes opposing its shitty ableist norms.
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That's a shitty comparison and you know it.
I already deleted it a few seconds after I wrote it because of that
lol literally right after I hit reply it disappeared