The first of many

  • happybadger [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Yeah, his trajectory would mirror mine if I had read Homage to Catalonia without critically understanding Orwell. It's Brace Belden but with heroin instead of the military or Robert Evans with journalism instead of a sniper rifle. Reactively denying everything as COINTELPRO doesn't allow for understanding it and defeating it in our communities before it kills vulnerable comrades. The guy was probably fucked up from years of homelessness and the OTH discharge would have denied him all but the barest medical benefits from the VA. That's someone whose totally normal anger could be steered toward a productive effort instead of suicide with extra steps.