(I apologize in advance if talking about the podcast is discouraged. I don't know if that's a joke or if most hexbears feel that way). But anyway, next month marks the two-year anniversary of George Floyd's awful murder. Listening to the show in the summer of 2020, and later reading some stray commentary on this site, it seemed like the podcast kind of whiffed it on the protests. But idk, is that fair to say? I believe they participated in some marches in NYC, but I also remember Matt saying that "defund the police" was dead-on-arrival as a slogan, because cops will always be around as long as capitalism exists. I also remember there being a pretty rancid take about "working class" cops in a Taibbi episode, as well as an episode that dunked on a racial sensitivity/workplace training book. Fair enough about the capitalism opinion, and the book, which was no doubt written by a rich neolib that lacked any material analysis. I understand that CTH is a news commentary/comedy/dirtbag show co-hosted by white people, so it's not going to be the best resource on racial theory. I also understand that a big part of CTH is entertainment. But I'm curious if you have thoughts about Chapo's reaction to the 2020 protests. And thanks for sharing them.

  • effervescent [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Just so you know, this post was the final straw in making me believe in vanguards. I knew it was bad but I haven’t seen a retrospective from a leftist pov before. Shit

    • Poison_Ivy [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      Keep participating in orgs, its important that theres human to human contact at the very least, but be there as an immune system response to lib shit (either kick them out or educate them about what shit is good and what shit is counterproductive)

      • effervescent [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        Oh yeah I’ve got local projects I’m not about to drop. Community building and all that