[I originally posted this in chapotraphouse, but it was deleted for being “pro-cop” even though that very much wasn’t the case. (I believe PSL was actually involved in organizing the protest if I’m not mistaken.) The mod that deleted it openly broke the sectarian rule too.]
Been seeing a lot of people hating on what the protest marshals did during the pro-Gaza protests at the DNC and I feel they definitely did the right thing. Instigating stuff like going up against the cops under the guise of “revolutionary” action just gets a lot of people arrested and doesn’t accomplish anything.
EDIT: Users who were present at the protests have said, counter to what is claimed in the screenshot, that the protest marshals did NOT call for the police. Thank you for clearing this up, comrades!
The marshals didn't help the cops ID people
Kettling and restricting the movement of protesters in the direct line of site of kkkops does help them ID you, and shit like this would be truly unacceptable to a marshal trying to keep comrades safe
Hold on I've got to go find those goalposts you moved
We're also equating "hey don't fight the cops at our peaceful protest" to kettling, now.
Helping the cops id people is not an incorrect statement though? They're helping the cops contain the protest, letting them stand back and do their job where theyre inevitably IDing people especially the people the marshalls are physically singling out for doing "bad protesting"??? Shows a lot you care more about the technical definition of ID-ing than the overall evidence towards collaboration with fascist cops
Yeah, I'll call out fedjacketing when I see it. If you disagree with the tactics you can just say so rather than trying to smear people
It's not smearing, I'm calling out individual actions that are collaborative with cops. I genuinely believe it's because americans are generally fascists with more sympathy towards cops and peace keepers than the victims of genocide and those that know we need to do much more to stop it. Also, as a movement with a history of infiltration and co-optation when did you get the idea in your head that fedjacketing is a bad thing?
You've indicated that if you feel a tactic is counterproductive then it's the same as collaboration with the police. This is not a view to be taken seriously
Are you uncritically citing a Chicago PD press conference in support of your argument? Have you heard of this thing called irony?